Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-08-Speech-3-021"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031008.4.3-021"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-08-Speech-3-0222
lpv:speaker	lp:Linda McAVAN2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I just want to take a minute to introduce the House to Kanga, a very special guest from Australia. She is a very cute toy kangaroo, but she has come to the European Parliament today with a very serious message: to raise awareness about sudden unexplained death in children over one and adults. Many of you will have heard of cot death, which is when babies die unexpectedly, but you may be less aware that many other people die, after the age of one, and often the families get no explanation of their deaths. In my own country alone, eight people die each week in this manner. The family is left with questions as to why that person died and what should they do about it. They get very few answers. What we can do in the European Parliament is ask the World Health Organisation and I am pleased that the Director-General is here in Brussels today to give this syndrome a recognised name and a recognised code so that more research can take place across borders. We could find out how many people are dying in this way and perhaps come up with reasons why. I will be sending colleagues a copy of this letter, addressed to the World Health Organisation, requesting this code. I hope they will sign it. This will mean that many families across Europe will have some comfort that some research is going to be carried out into this tragic illness. After today, Kanga is moving on to the Scottish Parliament and to parliaments and elected assemblies all over the world with her message that we must do something more to get to the bottom of why people die in this manner."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2003-06-02--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"McAvan (PSE )."1

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