Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-05-Speech-4-213"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-06-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Indonesia, particularly in the Aceh province2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030605.7.4-213"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-06-05-Speech-4-2142
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; België Spirit (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)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 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the historic circumstances show that we as the European Community cannot remain disinterested with regard to what is happening in Indonesia, Aceh and Papua New Guinea. The war which is still continuing and which has been going on for the past 27 years in Aceh shows that the consequences of the colonial era are still having an impact today. We must convince the Indonesians that political solutions are the only way to settle these political conflicts. A concrete and clear weapons embargo on the Indonesian Government would be an initial step, but we must also be able to convince the Indonesian Government that a country with 150 million inhabitants and so many thousands of islands should not be governed as a unitary entity. If there is a will for self-determination and autonomy, both in Aceh and amongst the Papuans, this must be taken into consideration. 12 000 victims in Aceh, cruelty on a daily basis, infringements of citizens’ rights, rapes, attacks on villages; this must be stopped and a political solution must be found. In Papua too, they must return to the solution that offers the prospect of autonomy. We are not in favour of separate states coming into being everywhere, but we cannot allow a disastrous centralism imposed against the will of the people and by military means to be the ultimate solution. This political issue must be resolved in a fair way, so that peace can prevail and so that the natural wealth that is present in such massive quantities can be extracted for the benefit of the entire population and with the participation of those who have been living there for centuries. The West must not make itself an accessory to Indonesia’s military solutions, but must continue to press consistently for a political solution that offers the prospect of autonomy, even if it is within the framework of an Indonesian state."@en1

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