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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Iraq2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030129.2.3-062"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-29-Speech-3-0632
lpv:speaker	lp:Maj Britt Theorin2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-president; 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 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mr Solana, war is never something inevitable that one just has to resign oneself to. Man decides to go to war; and man can put a stop to war. War can never be the right way to destroy weapons of mass destruction or combat terrorism. We are on the verge of a war that would have devastating consequences for the people of Iraq, for the whole region and the whole world. In this situation, we cannot stay silent about the legal and moral problems surrounding a war. All politicians should analyse what a war with Iraq would lead to. Millions of people would be forced to flee – refugees that the neighbouring countries cannot take care of. The war could spread to Israel and Palestine, and opposition to the West could grow, resulting in more terrorist attacks. great humanitarian efforts would be needed for Iraq’s 23 million people. Is it worth the cost? The war with Iraq is not about Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship or breaches of UN resolutions. If that were the case, the USA, the UN and the EU would be involved in many wars all over the world: for example, in Saudi Arabia and Israel, to name but a few. What it is really about is power over oil and power in the region. The United Nations Charter permits the use of force for the preservation of peace only as a last resort, when all other options have been exhausted. Only the Security Council can make decisions on this. Neither the United Nations Charter nor international law permits the use of force for preventive purposes, however. A preventive war is the law of the street, the justice of the powerful, which sweeps aside the international law on which the world is founded. The EU must protest strongly against this. There is no justification for Saddam Hussein’s devastating politics. His and all other weapons of mass destruction must go those in the USA, the UK and Israel, but we have recommended that force be used to this end. Give the inspectors a decent amount of time, and use the time for cooperation between the EU, the Arab countries, Russia and the UN to find a peaceful solution."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Very"1 "even"1 "never"1

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