Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-17-Speech-4-180"

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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.20000217.8.4-180"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-17-Speech-4-1812
lpv:speaker	lp:Dirk Sterckx2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; ELDR (1999-09-13--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Vlaamse liberalen en democraten (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as Mr Van Hecke rightly pointed out, this is about human rights and about the rights of indigenous peoples, and Parliament must speak up, especially vis-à-vis good friends, and the United States is a good friend. This is about the repression of a minority which unfortunately goes back a long time. It is up to the European Parliament to protect vulnerable people. So we need to do this. This is also about respecting a culture, a language, a way of life and a people’s religion, a vulnerable culture which has nearly disappeared. It is important to point this out. This is why it is necessary – and Mr Van Hecke has already mentioned this, and this is also what we clearly ask for in our resolution – that the role of mining in this vulnerable desert area is reassessed. We have just approved the water directive here in Parliament. The water which these people need to exist is under threat because the groundwater strata there are being drilled by a mining company, and this is why the traditional way of life of the people who live there is being threatened. The forced relocation scheme must be stopped unconditionally. People should no longer be forced to move. Over the past 25 years, no less than 25 000 people have been forced to move and this must stop. If people need to move at all, they need to be given a viable alternative. This is not the case here. The area where the people in question are now being taken – and this is also the reason for this resolution – is a polluted area which is economically not suitable. This is why I think that we as European Parliament need to ask the American authorities in any case to suspend the relocation scheme under discussion and, if necessary, abandon the scheme altogether."@en1

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