Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-06-18-Speech-3-087"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-06-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Security strategy for the European Union, including implementation of the United Nations programme to combat the illegal trade in light weapons2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030618.7.3-087"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-06-18-Speech-3-0882
lpv:speaker	lp:Patricia McKENNA2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, we need to look at where the light weapons are actually coming from. In recent events in the Congo, approximately 50 000 people have been victims of the use of light weapons. We are also sending soldiers to stop the fighting there despite the fact that most of the fighting is taking place with weapons supplied by countries within the European Union. People in the Congo have not actually made these weapons: they have come from countries in the EU – including France, Belgium, the UK, etc. – and elsewhere. There seems to be a complete contradiction: we are sending people to stop the fighting in places where the weapons used originate in the countries of origin of the so-called 'fighting preventers'. In relation to the UN review on the programme of action coming up in July 2003, we also need to look at things that remain to be done. We must close loopholes on the end-use of weapons; on where they actually go and how are they used. There is a serious loophole in relation to where weapons go, who uses them and what the end consequence is. We also need to tackle very seriously the brokers of arms. There are people making huge amounts of money by dealing in arms, by ensuring that countries and people can actually get arms from the arms suppliers. As Mrs Frahm mentioned in relation to registration, it is absolutely incredible that you can actually trace a piece of meat or an agricultural product, yet you cannot trace a lethal weapon. It is about time the EU owned up to its responsibility and made it impossible for light arms to be traded like this, causing the death and destruction of many innocent people."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Green Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"McKenna (Verts/ALE )."1

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