Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-13-Speech-4-182"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020613.7.4-182"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-13-Speech-4-1832
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; België Spirit (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)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) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the war in Congo has been raging since 1998 and has claimed 3.5 million victims in the process. Two-thirds of the territory is still being occupied. Recently, international opinion was once again startled by the report of a massacre of 200 people in Kisangani. This massacre occurred two years after 1 200 people were killed in the same town as a result of the fight between two rivalling military factions. The civilian population is naturally the victim, but those responsible have never been punished. Amnesty International is therefore linking the events of then to now. The war in Congo still receives far too little attention from international opinion. During the Belgian Presidency, the European Union made greater efforts than before to get the dialogue off the ground. But I am left with questions. Why is MONUC not being given any reinforcement? MONUC is even being humiliated, officials are being expelled by DRC-Goma. Why has Kisangani, despite resolutions by the Security Council, still not been demilitarised? What are we actually doing in order to help this peace process succeed, since the major parties are still not at the negotiating table? What are we actually doing in order to open up the Congo River? The population inland is denied any food or medicine. Nobody can reach these people because the Congo River is probably the only route to access them. In these circumstances, preparing for Congo’s reconstruction is wishful thinking. Such reconstruction will not take place. Quite the reverse, in fact: demilitarisation is not being maintained. Only Namibia has done something. I can understand that Rwanda wants to be safe, but why does international opinion not protect Rwanda and demand for everyone to leave the country, because they are, after all, only there to plunder the crops from the land. They do not fight each other, but they rob the civilian population of the little it has left."@en1

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