Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-02-Speech-2-130"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Political and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011002.6.2-130"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-02-Speech-2-1312
lpv:speaker	lp:Pernille Frahm2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Socialistisk Folkeparti (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I am able, as it were, to take up where my esteemed fellow MEP, Mr Lagendijk left off. Who is it we are cooperating with when we wish to strengthen democracy and combat totalitarian regimes, and what is it we are cooperating ? In the course of the next few days, we shall no doubt become much clearer about what is possible. We still do not know, of course, how the United States will react. We still do not know whether the United States will choose to use violent methods and first and foremost seek revenge, or whether we shall in actual fact be given the opportunity to engage in a radical fight against terrorism following the terrible events of 11 September. With regard, however, to the issue of whom we are to cooperate with, I would urge us to focus upon the very special circumstance that what we have here is a population exposed to violent oppression and that we must be alert to the fact that half of this population is doubly oppressed. I am talking about the female portion of the population. I should like to emphasise that there are in actual fact women’s organisations which are still attempting, in Afghanistan too, to fight for women’s rights. One of these organisations, RAWA, is trying to create the opportunity for both boys and girls to go to school, and we know of course that illiteracy is very high in Afghanistan – 96% in the case of women and 72% in the case of men – so that this is in itself a useful thing to fight for. They are also attempting to put some documentation together and to do some fact-finding in Afghanistan so that those of us outside the situation have a chance of actually knowing what is going on. When we find out, it is up to us to use that knowledge, and I should like to call upon us to do just that: to use the knowledge that there are courageous women, committed to democracy, and to cooperate with them in our attempt to eradicate the breeding grounds for terrorism in, for example, Afghanistan."@en1

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