Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-11-Speech-4-199"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Burma (renewal of sanctions in April)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040311.12.4-199"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-11-Speech-4-2002
lpv:speaker	lp:Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, for the fourth time within a year Burma is on the European Parliament agenda, and our resolution asks for renewed and stronger sanctions. However, recent evaluation shows that the sanctions previously decided were not even fully implemented. We know that the military regime's power relies heavily on foreign trade and investment, and they have chosen military expansion and defence expenditure to the detriment of the Burmese people. Burma's social indicators rank among the lowest in the world. EU investment in Burma has increased in importance over the last decade and EU Member States are amongst Burma's biggest investors and trading partners. The great majority of Burmese people are working in the informal sector, while the military establishment and its associates mainly own the formal economy. Economic sanctions, supported by Mrs Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD, would mostly hit the regime and its supporters. There is absolutely no justification for inertia and indecision. It would be a disgrace for the European Union and the Member States to continue a policy that does not weaken but, on the contrary, clearly strengthens the military regime. Mrs Aung San Suu Kyi is still under house arrest. Political leaders are imprisoned and the Burmese people brutally oppressed. The EU has the means and hence the responsibility to make a difference. It is time to translate our resolutions into actions. International diplomatic efforts should be resolutely pursued, but the EU must confront Burma's military regime through effective and fully implemented sanctions."@en1
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:unclassifiedMetadata	"Sandbæk (EDD )."1

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