Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-02-17-Speech-4-191"

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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	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000217.8.4-191"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-02-17-Speech-4-1922
lpv:speaker	lp:Philippe Morillon2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2002-03-07)3 unknown; Union pour la démocratie française (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, it is because of my experience in the Balkans, when I was there on duty, that I call on you today to support the efforts of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to bring those responsible for the genocide in Cambodia to trial before an independent court under the aegis of the United Nations. I do not think that reconciliation is possible after such murderous tragedies, unless those responsible for starting them are brought to trial and sentenced. Nor do I think that the people who were their victims can give them a fair trial. I became convinced of this in Sarajevo when I had to negotiate the periodic exchanges of prisoners which accompanied each successive ceasefire agreement, none of which unfortunately lasted, between the parties to the conflict. Every time, just as the exchange was about to take place, we found men missing from the meticulously drawn up lists. Every time, when we asked why, the reply was the same, ‘We cannot release him: he is a war criminal’. In the emotion, pain and fury of the agreements, it was impossible to break the vicious circle of blood and vengeance. If we want to help the Cambodians with the task of reconciliation on which they have embarked, we need to try and sentence those responsible at the highest level and thus exonerate the simple underlings and all those who were willingly or forcibly dragged along behind them. I expect Ta Mok and his main lieutenants to be tried and sentenced by the establishment of a tribunal whose impartiality is guaranteed by the United Nations. This will be the only way for the Cambodians to pardon those who simply followed them and to achieve lasting peace."@en1
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