Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-17-Speech-4-176"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-02-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000217.8.4-176"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-17-Speech-4-1772
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Volksunie (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-19--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it seems as if the world is turned upside down. Journalists are sent to prison for simply speaking the truth, whilst soldiers who are supposedly fighting each other exchange smuggled goods in the bar in the evening. This is Angola’s reality. We are now expressing our horror concerning this war. Three million victims, two million driven from their homes within the country’s borders, hundreds of thousands driven away across its borders, including women and children. This is a war which transcends its borders. It is not just UNITA which is to blame. The government too is responsible for this continuing violence. This is why we insist that the journalists – more than 20 were imprisoned last year – keep speaking their minds. We would, at the same time, like to insist on other things. We want the UN embargo, which is supposed to prevent a large proportion of arms and ammunition from being flown across to UNITA airports, to stop. But what do these sanctions mean? It is the western world itself which is partly to blame. It is we, our own people, who keep the war going over there. The so-called civilised world should hang its head in shame. This is also the case for the so-called statutory government which is just as guilty, because if this journalist has accused the President himself of deriving benefit from this civil war, then all he is doing is voicing what the entire world knows already and which is being passed on to every tribal district across Africa. Mr President, we are partly to blame for this war. We should stop financing this regime and we should certainly stop supplying arms for the war."@en1

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