Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-05-30-Speech-3-122"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-05-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Council and Commission mission to Korea2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010530.6.3-122"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-05-30-Speech-3-1232
lpv:speaker	lp:Jas Gawronski2
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 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-10-07--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system (2000-07-06--2001-09-05)3 unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, even those of us who have been lucky enough to have been to North Korea more than once find it hard to understand what that regime wants and where it is going. After a surge of optimism last year, North Korea’s apparent process of opening up towards the outside world and developing relations with its southern neighbours has entered a period of stagnation. Some would even say it was going backwards. Well, personally, I wonder whether the visit by the European delegation last month was not a little premature. Commissioner Patten told us yesterday – and it was repeated today – that human rights were also discussed during the talks, and they are systematically violated in this last of the communist dictatorships. He did not tell us what the outcome was though, which suggests to me that not much was achieved. Would it not have been better to obtain concessions in this delicate area first and then grant the reward of a visit to Pyongyang? We hold cards that can induce the North Korean regime to treat its citizens decently and we are morally obliged to use them. Another aspect of this visit that worries me is the relationship with the United States, which has a dominant position in that region and responsibilities far greater than Europe’s. Commissioner Patten has told us that, even in this case, Washington was consulted about the visit. However, as the Commission mentioned, influential American commentators – including former Secretary of State, Mr Kissinger – were quite astonished at this mission, which gives the impression of wanting to fill and profit from a void temporarily left by the United States where, as we know, a review of policy on North Korea is in progress. I would like reassurances from the Commission and the Council on these two points."@en1

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