Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-25-Speech-3-071"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Anti-personnel mines2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001025.3.3-071"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-25-Speech-3-0722
lpv:speaker	lp:Véronique Mathieu Houillon2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Canada (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; EDD (1999-07-20--2001-07-04)3,3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 unknown; Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Cambodians call mines ‘everlasting sentinels’. These death traps, set off by chance by the victims themselves, sometimes many years after a conflict is over, are real time bombs that hinder the social and economic recovery of whole regions and the rehabilitation of the victims themselves. As a signatory to the appeal for a world without mines, I fervently support Emma Bonino's report, because it is heading in the right direction. Two years after the signing of the Ottawa Convention, the stockpile of mines remains, alas, an impressive one, at least as far as those that have been recorded is concerned. For those that have still not been recorded, it is time to invent new methods of detection and identification. It is essential for the European Union's financial input to complement national schemes. Moreover, the European Union as a whole and the candidate countries must sign the Ottawa Convention and, more importantly, ratify it. A very great deal is at stake here, for while war may have its rules, common law for some and codified law for others, the use of anti-personnel mines is not covered by them. Eliminating them is no longer a military problem but a humanitarian issue. Europe cannot confine itself to acting as provider of funds. It is up to Europe to take the lead in considering the most appropriate mechanism, prior to deploying any new weapon. Then it is up to the States to support the process in international fora. To conclude, Europe must support and deepen the Ottawa process to ensure that we do not have another weapon creating dozens of victims every 20 minutes, as is happening now."@en1

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