Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-23-Speech-4-177"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Burundi2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031023.7.4-177"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-23-Speech-4-1782
lpv:speaker	lp:Patricia McKENNA2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, when we consider the historic, colonial interference of many European countries in various places around the world, for example Burundi, it is very important that we have this discussion here today on Burundi where government forces have been responsible for extra-judicial killings, disappearances, torture and other serious violations. Meantime armed groups unlawfully kill, maim, abduct and torture civilians in pursuit of their political aims. Moreover, armed belligerents in Burundi continue to recruit, at times forcibly, child combatants. As was agreed last December, and has already been mentioned here, it is imperative that Burundi enacts a stable and real cease-fire between government and rebels as a precursor to a meaningful and lasting peace. We in the Green EFA group have also called for judicial and army reform, as provided for in the Arusha accords of 2000, and an end to impunity for those who continue to perpetrate human rights abuses. We also invite the government to set up a truth and reconciliation commission, as has been called for by so many in civil society. We call on the government to ratify the International Criminal Court. We also recognise that Burundi is in need of help from the international community, especially financial aid for the economic reconstruction of the country, for the maintenance of peace and the promotion of a legitimate functioning government. This is a challenge that the EU must rise to. But we must also be aware of the fact that little is being done to stop the well documented flow of arms that fuel conflicts and cause massive human rights abuses – not just in Burundi, but in so many other parts of the world. This is something that must be a priority for the EU, we cannot allow arms to be sent to countries where they are causing such massive human rights abuses. We should not be involved with arms in the first place, to be honest."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Green Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 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)3,3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"McKenna (Verts/ALE )."1

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