Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-01-15-Speech-4-125"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-01-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Burundi2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040115.7.4-125"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-15-Speech-4-1262
lpv:speaker	lp:Glyn Ford2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, on behalf of the PSE Group, I can say we will be supporting this compromise text on the situation in Burundi. We were all shocked by the brutal murder of Monsignor Michael Courtney – the Apostolic Nuncio, and a man who had been playing a key part in the peace process in Burundi – in a road ambush on 29 December 2003. All the indications are that he was murdered by Agathon Rwasa's rebel FLN. Despite the murder, we welcome the fact that the FLN has now expressed for the first time a willingness to engage and meet with the President of the Republic with a view to opening peace negotiations. Last November saw the peace process gather momentum, with the signing, on 16 November, of a peace agreement between the transitional government of Burundi and the Forces for Defence of Democracy movement. Yet fighting is still going on in several provinces, especially in rural Bujumbura. The UN Secretary-General has rightly said that the Burundians must experience an improvement in their living conditions if this peace process is not to be jeopardised. The human rights situation continues to get worse, and so we urge the African Union and its Member States to exert every possible pressure on the FLN with a view to bringing them to the negotiating table in an attempt to seek a peaceful political settlement. We call on the UN Security Council to consider the rapid constitution and deployment of a UN peacekeeping operation to support the peace process at this crucial moment and to strengthen and complement the African Union's peacekeeping mission, which has already been deployed. We also call on all states participating at the Donor Conference for Burundi to make sure there are sufficient funds for human rights promotion and protection."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2003-01-16--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PETI (2002-02-04--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Ford (PSE )."1

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