Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-20-Speech-4-163"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-11-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Aceh2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031120.8.4-163"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-20-Speech-4-1642
lpv:speaker	lp:Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; JuniBevægelsen (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)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 Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, when President Megawati was a presidential candidate, she stated that the economic, social and political oppression of Aceh's people was the source of their dissatisfaction and the reason for the unrest. She also pleaded with them not to let a single drop of the people’s blood stain the earth. Today, Aceh is in a state of emergency. Violent military operations are under way, and people are being displaced, killed and raped. There is no access to the province, and emergency aid is being delivered, contrary to all international standards, by the military. Concern about the population of Aceh should be growing for several reasons. In May, the message was that the insurgents would be defeated before long. After a six-months’ offensive, 40% of the people are living under the poverty line. Now, the state of emergency has, moreover, been extended, and the government has begun to speak about a lengthy war, perhaps of another ten years. The situation in Aceh is naturally complicated, involving as it does diametrically opposed political visions, competition for gas and oil resources and a population that, for a long time, has been denied the autonomy promised during the war of independence. Support for the separatists cannot, now or in the future, be crushed by the military operations. On the contrary, the military’s violent infringements of human rights will lead to still greater support for the insurgents. I fear that both parties’ armed forces believe that they can escape unpunished from their misdeeds when independent observers are unable to gain access to Aceh. Especially worrying are the latest rumours that a military group suspected of having committed systematic human rights abuses in East Timor in 1999, together with a group of soldiers from the Indonesian army charged with, or convicted or suspected of, serious human rights abuses are now also active in Aceh. This is one of the most worrying signals for the Indonesian Government. It is therefore crucially important that access to Aceh be given absolutely top priority internationally and in the EU’s dialogue with Mrs Megawati."@en1

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