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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Order of business2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020610.3.1-031"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-10-Speech-1-0322
lpv:speaker	lp:Geoffrey Van Orden2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I want to raise a different matter – the subject of Zimbabwe. I would like to first of all express my condolences to the much-afflicted people of Zimbabwe at the awful bus crash that took place near Masvingo in Zimbabwe last night, when over 30 trainee teachers were killed. I would also like to express my concern at the rather hypocritical presence, or likely presence, of President Mugabe in Rome this week at the United Nations World Food Summit. I say 'hypocritical' because, of course, there are millions of people in Zimbabwe now who are suffering from food shortages and starvation, much of it as a result of the misguided land policies of President Mugabe. But of course it is also of concern to us that we are supposed to have a travel ban on President Mugabe and his associates. There are supposed to be sanctions against them and the fact that he can travel to conferences like this makes something of a mockery of those sanctions. Last month he was in New York at the United Nations World Children's Summit. A final point: we have heard nothing about the results of the EU troika that went to southern Africa in the middle of last month. I specifically asked the members of the troika to take certain measures and to report back to us. Could I ask, in the light of all these points that I have raised, for the Council to make a full statement on the situation in Zimbabwe and the action that it intends to take?"@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-13--2004-04-30)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Van Orden (PPE-DE )."1

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