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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-05-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sierra Leone2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000518.9.4-220"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-05-18-Speech-4-2212
lpv:speaker	lp:Helmuth Markov2
lpv:spokenAs	treasurer; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Slovenia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we are appalled at the present situation in Sierra Leone. There is a dangerous trend towards the escalation of armed conflict, especially as the United Kingdom has now become militarily involved outside international law and the United Nations. We demand an end to this military escalation and the immediate resumption of negotiations. One-sided recriminations are neither appropriate nor helpful in this situation. The RUF is known for its extreme brutality, but we should not overlook the fact that the government and the militias associated with it are little better. We demand that the sources of the conflict should finally be tackled, by which we mean stopping the arms trade, halting the RUF’s diamond trade via Liberia and Burkina Faso, and ending the interference of states that want to secure national objectives in Sierra Leone under the guise of humanitarian action. I have the feeling that, economically speaking, the United Kingdom is acting in a neo-colonial way and that in political and military terms it is now acting like a colonial power. It is very easy to get drawn into a war, but it becomes almost impossible to avoid the next logical step, military intervention, once the atmosphere escalates. The military imposition of peace by international troops working with government militias against the RUF will not bring peace at all. Quite the contrary, it brings with it the risk of uncontrollable escalation. It is high time that the causes of this situation were addressed and a political solution was found. Because of this, we need de-escalation in Freetown, not escalation."@en1

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