Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-06-14-Speech-4-179"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Nepal2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010614.9.4-179"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-14-Speech-4-1802
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean-Claude Fruteau2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (1999-07-13--2002-01-14)3 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 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would first of all like to express my solidarity with the pain of the Nepalese people, who are currently experiencing one of the most difficult moments in their history. As Vice-Chairman of the South Asia delegation, I had the opportunity to meet King Birendra, a man of stature who was able to shake up his country’s secular political traditions by establishing a constitutional monarchy. A veritable force for stability, he represented the hope that the Nepalese people would emerge from absolute poverty and that the rule of law and democracy would become established for the long term. The tragic death of the person whom the people of Nepal regarded as the symbol of the nation’s unity and the force binding it together is the source of numerous concerns and raises countless questions. Indeed, behind the drama a political process has been brutally called into question. A link of confidence between the political class and its people has been broken. It is a significant change in the balance of power in a region where instability reigns. The European Union attaches great importance to respect for human rights and to democratic principles. We must therefore roundly condemn the repression and arrests which followed the death of the king. Nor can we remain silent over the distressing problem of the refugee camps in Bhutan, to which I am particularly sensitive, having visited them last year as a member of the delegation, and hope that the positive actions which were embarked upon to solve this problem are pursued with the same vigour. Lastly, I too would like to appeal to the Commission for a full delegation to be established in Kathmandu, in order to try to help these traumatised people to heal their wounds."@en1

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