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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Result of the preparatory meeting for the Johannesburg Summit (Bali, 27 May – 7 June 2002)2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020611.9.2-163"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-11-Speech-2-1642
lpv:speaker	lp:Ole Andreasen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Venstre (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, all too many people in the world are starving, and all too many are living in poverty. All too many people are affected by deadly diseases such as malaria and AIDS, a fact which threatens the growth and development we all desire. The way forward is more growth and prosperity in the developing countries – growth and prosperity which must be combined with sustainability. There are two factors crucial to growth and prosperity. There is the ability to trade freely across national frontiers – that is to say, free trade – and there is limited state power, free from corruption, in the form of a constitutional state. It is tariff barriers, and not free trade, which create poverty. Secrecy creates both poverty and stagnation, and we must therefore secure an agreement that breaks down tariff barriers and that guarantees free trade, as well as developing countries’ free access to the market, and we must begin with ourselves. We must also require something of the developing countries, however. We must require, and tighten up our demands for, democracy, sound governance and the observance of human rights. We must secure international agreements on environmental protection and the fight against deadly diseases. The developing countries are clear about the fact that, if they are isolated, their opportunities for prosperity will be crushed. Unfortunately, the rich countries often put obstacles in the way of developing countries’ growth, especially by demanding duties, setting up obstacles to trade under cover of environmental regulations and subsidising their own agricultural production. In that way, the rich countries bear a large share of the responsibility for the problems of the developing countries. There is a need for a fundamental change of course. We need to break down all the tariff barriers and phase out all the obstacles to trade. Our challenge and task are to get all the rich countries to comply with the UN’s objective whereby 0.7% of Gross National Product would be granted by way of development aid, but we must go on making demands of the developing countries in terms of economic reforms and better governance. In Johannesburg, we must take a decisive step in the direction of a global reform programme for freedom and prosperity. We owe that to the future, and it is something which Parliament and the EU must work for."@en1

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