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dcterms:Date	"2001-09-03"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20010903.5.1-062"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-03-Speech-1-0632
lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, a number of people have already raised issues relating to breaches of human rights and I also wish to raise a question of a serious breach of human rights. A human right that every single person in this House would support is the right of little children to go to school unhindered and unterrorised. As we speak in this House, four – five – and six-year-old children in a small area of Belfast in Northern Ireland are being terrorised by so-called protests. I will not bore you with the arguments for and against these kinds of protests or the arguments of one side or the other – but these are political arguments between adults. This should not involve little children going to school. Madam President, I would appeal to you to write to all the parties in Northern Ireland, and the Irish and the British governments, to urge them to use every power and every means of persuasion at their disposal to stop these kinds of protests. Let these little children go to school unhindered. It seems to me that there is a view that terrorism only consists of bombs, guns and bullets. But how will four-year-old children, going to school for the first day in their life remember that first day when they are surrounded by police who are armed because they need to protect them and who are seeking to provide them with a safe corridor to go into their classroom for their first day of school? It is an appalling situation and I would appeal to you to write to all the parties concerned. While I am on my feet, may I also make the point that there has been an historic breakthrough in Northern Ireland. As we all know, agreements to change things are not enough, there also has to be a change of heart. There has been a new agreement on policing in Northern Ireland which is fundamental to the peace agreement. The SDLP – the party led by John Hume who is in this Parliament – has given its support for the first time in the history of Northern Ireland to the police service there and they should be congratulated for that."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; PETI (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "De Rossa (PSE )."1

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