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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Afghanistan: one year after the Bonn Agreement2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030115.1.3-018"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-15-Speech-3-0192
lpv:speaker	lp:Jannis Sakellariou2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--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	"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office, Commissioner, I am sure you would understand me perfectly if I spoke in German but, in honour of the Greek Presidency, I shall torment the interpreters with my Greek. Mr President-in-Office, I fully endorse your presentation of the situation in Afghanistan. I think we all feel a reserved satisfaction; we all see the continuing shortcomings in Afghanistan and we all know what has to be done over coming years. You yourself referred to the lack of security, the hostilities and the production and trafficking of narcotics, as did the Commissioner, and I think that the House is in full agreement with the timetable you suggest for elections in Afghanistan and improving the situation in general. There is no need for me to repeat what we are all agreed on. I should like to highlight two points which should not be left out of any discussion of Afghanistan. One is the terrible events which have taken place in the name of the fight against terrorism. Let there be no misunderstanding: I am behind the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan or anywhere else 100%. The warlords and the Taliban were never our allies. It was not the European Union that trained, armed and helped the Taliban through Pakistan. It was not us who created the forces we are now fighting against. But the fight against terrorism, the fight against violations of human rights and terrorism against women, the fight for democracy and the rule of law is only a credible fight if it is fought within a framework of respect for human rights and respect for the right to life of people who may be terrorists or criminals. I should like to add to today’s debate on Afghanistan by mentioning two very dark sides to this war. First, the horrendous allegations about the slaughter in Mazar-I-Sharif. I think the UN has an obligation both to investigate and examine these allegations closely and to make known and publish the results of their enquiries. And secondly, we should be ashamed about the fate of prisoners in Guantanamo and other detention camps run by the American military for members of the Taliban who have been arrested and people who have been imprisoned and are being called Taliban. The European Union should do something about this, it is a disgrace."@en1

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