Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-07-04-Speech-4-142"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-07-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Somalia2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020704.5.4-142"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-07-04-Speech-4-1432
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (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
lpv:translated text	"Thank you, Mr President. Somalia’s implosion constitutes a great danger to the country itself, to the region, and also to the rest of the world. Being adrift, the area is unable to control its borders, and has been, certainly in the past, a safe haven for Al-Qaeda. The fragmented internal security situation and the diverse agendas of the Arab neighbouring countries could turn this country into another breeding ground for international terrorism. The most dangerous indigenous Islamic organisation linked to Al-Qaeda is Al Itihad. It wants to impose a fundamentalist, Islamic state on all seven million Somali inhabitants. This is a real spectre looming over the 64 million Ethiopians, whose Christian majority and Islamic minority are still living together in peace. Somalia has sunk into oblivion, while the threat of international Muslim terrorism requires the involvement of the United States, the United Nations and the European Union as a matter of the most pressing urgency. However, closer cooperation with the regional players is required. I therefore welcome the IGAD initiative for a reconciliation conference for Somalia to be held in Nairobi later this month, and hope that all Somali parties will take part unconditionally, as is set out in Paragraph 5. Contrary to the request expressed in paragraph 8 of the motion for a resolution for the European Union to help the national transitional government establish its authority across Somalia, I call on the Council and the Commission not to jump to any conclusions before the Conference. I call for open-ended negotiations. The unified state should not be defended at all costs, but the free world needs to stand against Muslim terrorism."@en1

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