Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-12-17-Speech-3-036"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Role of the Union in conflict prevention in Africa, particularly in the implementation of the Linas-Marcoussis Agreement in Côte d'Ivoire2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031217.2.3-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-12-17-Speech-3-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Anne André-léonard2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Parti réformateur libéral/Front démocratique des francophones (2003-06-16--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2003-09-22--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2003-08-29--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (2003-06-16--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, during the night of 11 to 12 December, murderous new confrontations hit Côte d'Ivoire. These confrontations, between Côte d'Ivoire soldiers and unidentified armed men, are again giving rise to fears that the peace process in Côte d'Ivoire will be blocked. These events are suddenly taking place at a time when the ex-rebellion forces had decided to announce their imminent return to the institutions of the government of national reconciliation. Unfortunately, we observe how the proliferation of militias is a very dangerous consequence of the conflict. Many witnesses’ accounts, collected by the Human Rights Watch organisation, report multiple abuses committed with total impunity by pro-government militias. At a time when the country was preparing to take a decisive step towards peace, this new eruption of violence – and this in an extremely troubled context – is again preoccupying the defenders of the Linas-Marcoussis agreements. These agreements, let us remember, were aimed at bringing the hostilities to an end, ensuring a return to peace and stability and preserving the territorial and ethnic integrity of Côte d'Ivoire. In the light of the Linas-Marcoussis agreements, the current priority is the need to pursue the process of disarmament and of rehabilitating the forces present in Côte d'Ivoire. That is why the Côte d'Ivoire Government and, above all, President Gbagbo, must ensure that people’s rights and freedoms are protected and bring the hostilities to an end without delay. Otherwise, we could be led to request the suspension of aid to Côte d'Ivoire, aid that, as we are well aware, is indispensable to the people of Côte d'Ivoire. Indeed, we fear, Commissioner, that EU aid is unfortunately used in large part for purchasing arms. Let us therefore be prudent, rather than naive or complicit in a further genocide."@en1

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