Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-03-15-Speech-4-163"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-03-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010315.9.4-163"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-03-15-Speech-4-1642
lpv:speaker	lp:Mário Soares2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Socialista (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this issue of Cabinda, which is troubling public opinion in Portugal, Angola and other countries, is quite intolerable, and all of the Portuguese Members from the various political groups in this Parliament have agreed to table a motion for a resolution, which I recommend should be voted for. This is a moderate motion, which is designed to condemn the unacceptable fact that innocent people have been kidnapped for political ends. The motion does not discuss the basis of the issue, simply whether it is legitimate for a so-called revolutionary organisation to kidnap innocent people from other countries and to use these kidnappings to put pressure on the political powers of other States in order to achieve some form of recognition. This is unacceptable. What is even less acceptable, however, is the fact that people who are political refugees – and I have a great deal of respect for political exiles, because I myself spent many years in exile – take advantage of the countries in which they now live, particularly France, for example, and make threats to exact reprisals on the interests of other countries, such as, for example, Portugal, in order to achieve a political end. This is totally unacceptable. I therefore call on this organisation – the LFEC, to accept that, by using these terrorist-style methods, it is discrediting itself and will certainly fail to achieve its ends. I also call upon Parliament and upon the Council and the Commission to adopt a position of total condemnation of these methods, which could encourage others to act in the same way. Many countries are undergoing major conflicts and it is crucial that people’s rights are always safeguarded."@en1

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