Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-03-01-Speech-4-011"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-03-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Air strikes in Iraq2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010301.1.4-011"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-03-01-Speech-4-0122
lpv:speaker	lp:Jacques F. Poos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Parti ouvrier socialiste luxembourgeois (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Quaestors (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 quaestor; European Parliament (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2000-03-08--2002-01-16)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it strikes me as obvious that we all wish to repudiate Saddam Hussein’s detestable regime. The sooner he disappears, the better things will be. However, democrats and democratic countries must discuss in a worthwhile manner how to achieve this aim. Some very legitimate doubts have been expressed as to the timing and even the legal basis of the recent bombings of Iraq. The United Nations Security Council must make a clear statement on this issue. The Security Council, rather than one or other of its members, even if they are permanent members, is the only legitimate authority that can determine which coercive steps are to be taken against a country. The issue remains as to how effective the current economic sanctions are. It must be acknowledged that the economic sanctions have not destabilised Saddam Hussein, something that Commissioner Patten has indeed just confirmed; they have instead caused the Iraqi people very great harm and suffering. I also drew this conclusion from a recent hearing on Iraq before our Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Security and Defence Policy. I was extremely impressed, particularly by the speech by Mr Viénot, who is the President of Caritas Europa. He concluded that, to put it briefly, the sanctions are catastrophic from a humanitarian point of view. Politically speaking, they are ineffective. Legally, they can be called into question. Morally speaking, they are intolerable. I can only hope that this respected Caritas representative will not be let down by the Members of the Group of the European People’s Party and European Democrats in the European Parliament and that the Council of the European Union will, at its level, draw the necessary conclusions from this speech."@en1

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