Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-12-Speech-4-018"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-02-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Afghanistan2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040212.1.4-018"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-12-Speech-4-0192
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; België Spirit (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)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 Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, firstly and most importantly, my thanks to the rapporteur for his excellent report, which gives a good overview of the many problems Afghanistan is still having to face. Allow me to examine the Commissioner’s communication in greater depth, however. Commissioner, you have overwhelmed us a little with figures, and I admit that they are impressive. However, I am wondering about the following. We have here a country which is in need of reconstruction, which must first and foremost reconstruct itself, and an economic basis is a prerequisite for this. As you emphasise, the fight against opium cultivation is a very important aspect, but, in all the various measures forming part of the strategy to combat that opium cultivation, I have not actually heard what alternatives the producers have. I have seen documentaries showing how the military descend upon farming communities and destroy everything for the sake of opium cultivation. I do understand the necessity of this, but how do we mean for it to stop if people do not have an alternative income? The same goes for the warlords. How are they ever to stop being warlords if they are constantly being supplied with money from the opium economy? Finally, I had actually wanted to speak about women, but I cannot because my time is up. I should like to give one example, however: the construction of a women’s centre in Kabul on which work had only taken a few months. It was built, it was inundated with women looking for education and health care, it was a place where they could take off their burkas in peace. It is possible; why is it, then, that we are so slow to produce results with international resources?"@en1

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