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"Mr President, I should like to start by expressing my solidarity with and support for the European citizens – the two French journalists and the two Italian aid workers – being held hostage in Iraq. Their continuing captivity is causing serious injury to the European Union itself and its contribution to the reconstruction of Iraq. We must all strengthen our cooperation and join our voices to obtain their immediate release.
Iraq is sinking deeper and deeper into violence and instability and is now lacking even fundamental security. Every day, the political process of transition to free elections, as provided for in UN Security Council Resolution 1546, is being undermined. The departure of the international and European aid workers will be a defeat for the international community and, more importantly, for the European Union.
Last June we all welcomed unanimous Security Council resolution 1546 marking the start of the political process which would result in free elections and a new democratic constitution. Despite the legalisation of the occupying forces as a multinational force by the Security Council, the occupation continues; it is a fact of life and the source and main reason for the continuing conflict. Under these circumstances, who truly believes that the timetable set out in Resolution 1546 will be adhered to, who believes that it can guarantee smooth political process, who believes that the UN can play the leading role in Iraq? The European Union must play its own autonomous role, make its own analysis of the security situation and proceed with its own analysis of the role and composition of and prospects for the multinational force.
The 2004 Commission communication is important, just as the role of Commissioner Patten is important. However, I fear that they cannot be implemented. The European Commission and the Council of Ministers must proceed at once to draft a report evaluating the security situation in Iraq, just as an international initiative must be taken to convene an international conference."@en1
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