Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-11-14-Speech-3-205"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-11-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Negotiations within the framework of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention following the recent anthrax attacks2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011114.9.3-205"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-11-14-Speech-3-2062
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--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; Volksunie (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-19--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, may heaven preserve us from the weapons which serve and are designed to protect us. After the attack of 11 September on Manhattan, the American people remained in the grip of fear following the anthrax attacks which, although they resulted only in a limited number of victims, have a massive psychological effect which reaches far beyond the United States. The deadly product that was used points, in terms of its concentration and purity, in the direction of laboratories in the United States itself which are reported to be the only ones in the world that could make the product. This clearly shows that the risks which our population faces as a result of the manufacture of chemical and biological weapons are insufficiently removed by current legislation. A conference on this subject matter is to take place in Geneva shortly, and we would remind you that in July, notably, the United States withdrew from the negotiations about the Protocol that is before us. The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 14 June to back the approval of this Protocol. However, we are convinced that an outright ban should apply to both the manufacture and the use of chemical and biological weapons by the international community, and that this ban should be legally binding. Current supplies should be destroyed expertly, and I fear that the Protocol too could still be too weak to cope with this."@en1

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