Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-22-Speech-3-287"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Prevention and control of trafficking in human organs and tissues2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031022.12.3-287"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-22-Speech-3-2882
lpv:speaker	lp:Johanna L.A. Boogerd-quaak2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2003-03-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2003-06-02--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2003-03-10--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (2003-02-05--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2003-02-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Democraten 66 (2003-02-05--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to extend warm thanks to Mr Evans for his report. I think it is an important initiative of the Greek Presidency, as has been stated by various fellow MEPs. A shortage of donors lies at the heart of the problem. In my country, for example, there has for twenty years been a shortage of organ donors. Moreover, not every donor is suitable. A donor should, in most cases, be brain-dead, but their heart must still be beating. As a result, many donors do not qualify. For a long time, road victims were, and still are, a source of donors, but the numbers are decreasing, which only exacerbates the problem. This should never lead to the illegal trade in human organs. It is too dreadful for words to be faced with the trafficking of human beings, including women and children, with the intention of removing their organs. These are invariably poor and powerless people from poor countries, but also from China and India. Some have their organs removed in the hope of a better existence, and others are simply taken advantage of. It is a good thing that this will be regulated. In this context, it is actually a disgrace that the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine of 1997, which entered into force in 1999, has to date been ratified only by Denmark, Spain and Portugal. My country should take this to heart. The Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party is of the opinion that it is only by adopting a coordinated and tailored approach to the illegal trade in organs that human dignity can be protected. We therefore hope that this proposal will contribute to this. It is for these reasons that we support the proposal."@en1

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