Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-30-Speech-4-019"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:World hunger and the elimination of barriers to trade with the poorest countries2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030130.1.4-019"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-30-Speech-4-0202
lpv:speaker	lp:Liam Hyland2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the statistics in relation to world hunger are indeed staggering. By the time it takes to discuss this topic, almost one thousand people will have died of hunger somewhere in the world – the majority of them in Africa. At the present time, there are about 800 million people in the world who do not have enough food and this includes 300 million children. Perhaps the most frightening aspect of all of this is that the situation is not improving. On the contrary, over the past decade, the gap between rich and poor, between the 'haves' and the 'have nots', between the well fed and the hungry has grown even wider. We, who are fortunate enough to be born into a part of the world where there are no food shortages, drought or famine, have a moral responsibility to work towards a more just world. I do not refer simply to food aid. I accept that the EU is the world's largest donor of development aid. We need to look at the root causes of poverty and hunger so these can be tackled and thereby eliminated in the long-term. In terms of creating a fair trading system, the EU has made a significant contribution with its ‘everything but arms’ initiative. We have committed ourselves to fully eliminating the customs duties applied to the export of the world's 48 poorest countries. I would certainly hope those parts of the rich world that still maintain such barriers will be strongly urged by the Commission to adopt a policy such as we have done here within the European Union. Sadly, there are many parts of the world today that are not self-sufficient, and we who have developed the techniques must share our technologies and our experiences with developing countries. There are many excellent examples of the positive and successful work of the NGOs for example and other voluntary agencies in this challenging area and, in my view, this work must be fully supported into the future."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; UEN (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Fianna Fáil Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Hyland (UEN )."1

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