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"Mr President, yesterday, Mr Nielson stood here and reported on the situation in Afghanistan. Afghanistan was on the list of forgotten countries before 11 September. Now, however, the situation has become all but catastrophic. The World Bank has produced a report showing that between 20000 and 40 000 children per day will die of hunger because of the economic recession caused by the events of 11 September. In the EU’s Member States, we have received a report to the effect that foreigners and refugees are being persecuted. This is shown by the Monitoring Centre on Racism in its report. We are, of course, all appalled at what happened on 11 September, but what these events showed us first and foremost was, of course, that the world has shrunk and that no one is safe. The American missile shield would not have helped in this situation. Nor did all the American military hardware help, either.
Now, we are moving on to talk about the need to strengthen democracy and dialogue. However, the anti-terrorism package we have debated – not the one concerning the economy, but the other – reeks of distrust. The ambition to strengthen the police and intelligence services completely overshadows the fight to strengthen human rights, democracy and the rule of law. We will not accept increased powers, either for Europol or the intelligence services, until we have got them under democratic control. Combating terrorism must not overshadow freedoms of expression and assembly. I should like to ask whether there is anyone who believes that our world will become safer when we prohibit certain organisations. Terrorism, killing, robbery and the destruction of property are to be forbidden, Well, they are already forbidden. Those responsible must be caught, and they must be punished. I do not wish to defend anti-democratic organisations, but the question is whether our world will become safer if these organisations go underground and are made illegal.
There are limits to the number of problems that can be solved by legislation alone, and I think that the first package is evidence of more haste, less speed. Our task must be to remove the basis for terrorism. I therefore think that the Troika initiative was a step in the right direction and one that favoured dialogue and the creation of a broad alliance to combat terrorism. However, there are problems in the alliance. When China demands, as a condition of its being a part of the alliance, that we close our eyes to what is happening in Tibet; when Russia demands that we close our eyes to events in Chechnya; when Turkey demands that we close our eyes to the fate of the Kurds; and when Israel demands that we close our eyes to the situation of the Palestinians, then we do not have a safe world. There must be security for all, including oppressed people and also the 20 000 to 40 000 children who will die of hunger next year."@en1
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