Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-04-Speech-3-216"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Arms trade code of conduct2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001004.9.3-216"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-04-Speech-3-2172
lpv:speaker	lp:Luisa Morgantini2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partito della rifondazione comunista (1999-07-20--2004-04-28)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, I have to confess to a certain nostalgia for the times when the European Parliament – and the various pacifist movements and trade unions – used to call urgently for dedication and action in order to steadily reduce arms manufacturing, and we would discuss ways of converting military production into civilian production. I still feel that this must be our approach, that we must not give in before the inevitability of war and conflict and that the defence policy must not provide for large-scale arms production, but that Europe must adopt an defence policy of intervention where it is not weapons that count but the ability to intervene peacefully in order to find non-violent solutions to disputes. That said, since I am a dreamer whose feet are firmly on the ground, I will hold onto my dreams and work towards their realisation. I feel that it is important, as stated in the opinion of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy itself, which is attached to the report, that the code of conduct – and we can deduce this from the annual report which we examined – has led to steps forward in the area of controlling and rationalising arms exports from the European Union. In this sense, the Titley report is particularly efficient and highlights not only the merits but also the omissions, the innate limitations of the Council's report and of the feasibility of implementing the code of conduct. I would like to emphasise certain points which appear to be particularly important: making the code of conduct legally binding, actively working towards drawing up an international code of conduct on the transfer of arms, making implementation of the code of conduct more transparent – in order to better assess its effectiveness – for example, providing information relating to the number and type of weapons for which licences have been granted and to the identity of exporting countries and countries of destination, conducting checks on intermediaries and brokers, putting an end to the current practice of selling European Union arms in areas of war or where human rights are blatantly violated. Another major point is the ban on exporting, promoting and selling equipment and expertise which is, in practice, to be used for the purposes of torture. There are a great many other important points, but I would just like to end by saying that transparency dictates a greater involvement of national parliaments at decision-making level and the participation of NGOs."@en1

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