Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-01-18-Speech-4-167"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-01-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:International Criminal Court2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010118.9.4-167"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-01-18-Speech-4-1682
lpv:speaker	lp:Jules Maaten2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2002-03-06)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I welcome the fact that this matter features on the agenda here today, for the International Criminal Court is doing well. The deadline for the states to sign this Treaty of Rome was 31 December. We all know how difficult is was to bring it about. Despite this, we saw how in the very last days of 2000, all of a sudden a huge number of countries signed the Treaty. At the time, 120 countries voted in favour and 7 against. At present, more than 130 countries have signed it, including the United States which originally voted against it, but also Israel, Iran and Yugoslavia signed it at the last moment. At any rate, this widespread support for the Treaty demonstrates that the Treaty cannot be considered a northern-hemisphere treaty or one of developed countries. The support for it is far too widespread for that. We now need to ratify the Treaty, and that is what the resolution is about. It is a joy to see that 27 countries have already ratified it, eight of which are in the European Union, but Sweden, the United Kingdom, Portugal, the Netherlands, Ireland, Greece and Denmark have not yet signed it. They are thinking about it, but it has not yet happened. Of all the applicant countries, not one single country has ratified it, and Turkey did not even sign it. We therefore need to roll up our sleeves, and we call on the Council to add this matter to the agenda. It is important for Europe to take the lead. That is something we can do ourselves, and we should not just lay the blame on others in the process. We can take action, and it is important that we do so without further delay."@en1

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