Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-14-Speech-3-193"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:International situation2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011114.8.3-193"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-14-Speech-3-1942
lpv:speaker	lp:Marielle de Sarnez2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Union pour la démocratie française (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2001-06-14--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I am very glad we are holding this debate today, at a moment when the situation in Afghan is changing by the hour and, I hope, for the better. I know that Europe has two obligations towards Afghanistan. Together with the UN, we must press for a political settlement of the conflict, aimed, as Guy Verhofstadt said, at the establishment of a stable, legitimate and democratic government that is very broadly representative of all the ethnic groups and abides by the principles of human rights. Yet I believe we also have a second duty towards Afghanistan, an urgent duty. We know that the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is a tragedy. It is the result of the combined effect of a war that has been devastating this country for 23 years and the drought that has plagued it for the past three years. We know that seven million people were dependent on humanitarian aid even before the military operations began. We also know that up to 100 000 children may die this winter unless adequate supplies reach them in the coming weeks. That is why we call on Europe to take urgent, large-scale measures in face of this humanitarian tragedy. In the framework of what we hope will become a process of permanent consultation between the European Union, the United States, Afghanistan's neighbouring states, the specialist UN agencies and the NGOs working in Afghanistan, we call, as you, Madam President, have also done on several occasions, for the creation of safe humanitarian corridors through which emergency food aid and shelter for the displaced Afghans can be brought in. This is not only an urgent requirement; it is quite simply the duty of the peoples of the European Union, whom we represent here."@en1

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