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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Humanitarian crisis in North Korea2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030116.7.4-107"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-16-Speech-4-1082
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 substitute; AFCO (2002-09-25--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	"Madam President, this afternoon we will be descending into one of the last dark dungeons of the Cold War. On the 38th parallel there hangs an ‘iron curtain’ that is more hermetically sealed than the Berlin Wall ever was. Behind it, after the ‘Great Leader’ Kim Il-Sung, the ‘Dear Leader’ Kim Jong-Il is now playing the depressing game of the ‘Great Lie’. In what is virtually dynastic succession, father and son have been sacrificing the people of North Korea to their megalomaniac self-glorification and personal dictatorship for more than half a century. Pyongyang has long tried to deny this awful reality. The testimony of those North Koreans who have managed to escape has been rejected as lies. Satellite pictures provide incontrovertible evidence, however: there really are slave camps for political prisoners. Our eyes have been opened very late to the acute danger that the North Korean regime poses – to the international community as well. The immediate cause of this was Pyongyang’s recent unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear non–proliferation treaty. The possible development of North Korean nuclear weapons and the clandestine sale of these weapons, including missile systems, now requires a quick response from the international community. I therefore call on the Council and the Commission to make a case for a regional diplomatic approach to the North Korean crisis. Incidentally, the international community should emphatically reject Pyongyang’s a non–aggression pact with the USA enforced by the threat of nuclear weapons – out of compassion for the citizens of North Korea behind Kim’s ‘iron curtain’ who have to spend their lives in conditions that are almost impossible to imagine, and also for the sake of their safety."@en1
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