Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-04-Speech-3-022"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-09-04"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020904.1.3-022"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Proinsias De Rossa2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, because time is short I will start by saying what we need to do. In the first instance we need to engage with the United States at every level. We need to engage with the Americans on a country-to-country, a union-to-union, a party-to-party, a committee-to-committee basis, at whatever level we can, not only in relation to Iraq, but in relation to the extremely dangerous unilateralist philosophy they are currently developing in regard to so many areas of world concern. We should not ignore the fact that the current attempt to undermine the International Criminal Court has implications far wider than simply excluding American forces engaged in international conflicts. It is a direct challenge to the European Union and is part of the attempt by the United States to establish superiority in every region throughout the world. The only response that the European Union and its Member States can make to this and to the current attempts by the United States to generate a war psychology in relation to Iraq is to stand together. I know it is difficult and there are differences between the Member States on this, but there is a much wider concern for the future which has to be borne in mind. I was quite impressed by the Commissioner's speech in which he identified the need for reform of our international law in relation to how, when and who should intervene in other states. It is a matter which is coming to the fore more and more, particularly now that the Cold War is over and the dust is settling. However, as far as our experience with the International Criminal Court is concerned, it is not yet opportune to start dismantling the current protections that exist under the United Nations Charter."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"De Rossa (PSE )."1

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