Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-13-Speech-1-116"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Basic rights in the EU (2001)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030113.6.1-116"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-13-Speech-1-1172
lpv:speaker	lp:Mary Elizabeth Banotti2
lpv:spoken text	"There are many very good points in Mrs Swiebel's report and a huge amount of hard work has gone into its preparation. Inevitably, it makes many of us feel uncomfortable when we find our own countries being referred to as not having ratified many of the human rights conventions. On a day in which we celebrate the action of the governor of Illinois on the death penalty, I am glad to see that Mrs Swiebel congratulates the Irish Government on having finally abolished the death penalty. Of course, it has not been used for a great many years and was maintained on our statute books only for the killing of policemen. But I would particularly like to welcome her section on the rights of children. I have been a Member of this Parliament probably longer than most people here at the moment. Until the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was drawn up, the rights of children, the intrinsic rights of children, were not recognised, discussed or seen as part of fundamental human rights. However, the UN optional protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography is also referred to. We did not consider any of these issues when we started discussing human rights and holding the annual discussion on human rights. For example, the issue of the exploitation of children on the Internet was not even a twinkle in the Commission's eye until relatively recently. It was not an area about which we actually had a great deal of knowledge or information. The section recognising these as important rights for children that have to be protected is to be warmly welcomed. I hope we will see this section enlarged as the years go by and as we discover, unfortunately, just what a dangerous world it is for many of our children. I would like to thank Mrs Swiebel for making this such an important part of the report."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Fine Gael Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 quaestor; European Parliament (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 member; Quaestors (2002-01-16--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Japan (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Banotti (PPE-DE )."1

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