Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-09-16-Speech-4-115"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-09-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:ASEM Summit (Asia-Europe Meeting)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040916.5.4-115"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-09-16-Speech-4-1162
lpv:speaker	lp:Patrizia Toia2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; EMPL (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; La Margherita (2004-07-21--2008-02-06)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the situation in Myanmar, a country that lives under a repressive, violent and enormously cruel regime, is known to us all. Even so, whereas incidents concerning the incarceration of Aung San Suu Kyi and the impossibility for the LND, the party which won the elections, to exert its political power are well known, less well known are other extremely serious facts concerning the conscription of child soldiers, the forced labour of a large part of the population and, something which the women in our Parliament, and I believe all civilised people, appreciate as particularly sensitive, the abuse inflicted upon women from ethnic minorities. There is substantial documentation at the United Nations which I think should also be examined more thoroughly by this Parliament. In this situation, we feel that the EU should accept the request of the ASEAN countries, which have already admitted Myanmar to their forum, to have it attend the next ASEM summit, which sees the European Union engaged in a dialogue of cooperation and political exchange with Asian countries. I think that the Foreign Ministers, at an informal meeting, have unexpectedly – if I may say so – already gestured their agreement that it should attend. I think that the European Council must adopt a different stance to resolve a situation whereby European citizens cannot see their Heads of State or Government sitting side by side with the representatives of such a bloodthirsty country, with such a violent and repressive regime. We therefore ask the European Council to adopt a different position which, through the ASEAN countries, can convince Myanmar to bring about change."@en1

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