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dcterms:Date	"2003-01-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Afghanistan: one year after the Bonn Agreement (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030115.3.3-035"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-15-Speech-3-0362
lpv:speaker	lp:Anna Karamanou2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)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 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-03-13--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I too have had the unique experience of visiting Afghanistan and seeing the situation with my own eyes. The first thing that needs to be said is that our staff are doing an excellent job, as you yourself said, Commissioner, and the European Union has a high profile there. However, a year after Bonn, I think coordination is a serious problem, both in the provision and distribution of aid and, more to the point, the policy being applied. By which I mean that the European Union is following one political tack and supporting a strong central administration in Afghanistan, while the United States are taking a different approach and sticking to their favourite tactic of divide and rule from the days of the Taliban and the Mujahedin by backing the warlords, who they seem to think have taken their side. Mr Morillon and Mr Sakellariou said likewise. Unfortunately, the upshot of this divisive western policy is that entire areas are beyond the control of the central administration and this is precisely what caused the recent surge in the production of opium, which accounted for 70% of world production in 2002. Women, of course, are still in a dire situation in all sectors. Blue ghosts continue to waft round the streets of Kabul, with few women daring to risk their lives by taking off their burka. The Taliban may have lost power, but their spirit still haunts Afghanistan. In my opinion, there can be no economic or social progress as long as a culture of violence, religious fanaticism and misogyny reigns in Afghanistan. 98% of women are illiterate and economically dependent and 99% give birth without medical assistance. This sort of soil provides an ideal breeding ground for extremist movements such as the Taliban. I think the Greek Presidency, Mr President-in-Office, could do a great deal to help by proposing that a European fund be set up and a line included in the 2004 budget especially for women in Afghanistan. This fund could be used to finance new infrastructures to integrate women into public life. I also suggest, Commissioner, that we should invite President Karzai to Strasbourg to speak before a plenary session of the European Parliament."@en1

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