Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-11-17-Speech-3-048"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Council of 4 and 5 November 20042
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041117.3.3-048"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-11-17-Speech-3-0492
lpv:speaker	lp:Baroness Nicholson Of Winterbourne2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, today provides a welcome opportunity to thank Mr Nielson and his team for the splendid work they have carried out during his time in office as Commissioner. It is also very good to hear from the President-in-Office of his successful meeting with President Allawi. I was in Iraq last week. I have a suggestion to make as to how our aid might be most effectively targeted. As we all know, security is the major issue. European Union support, carefully targeted, could make all the difference in the training and the equipment of the Iraqi police service. Security is what the Iraqi people need and the lack of a strategic plan may already have cost many lives and will cost many more if we do not address this effectively. We need a strategic plan worked out with the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior and, as a matter of urgency, proper forensic capabilities. Westernised tactics should be adopted for the use of those capabilities and we should provide advanced surveillance equipment and the right training. Then there is a real need to train senior Iraqi police officers to plan and manage strategically, and that must be combined with an ethos of service and fairness within the Iraqi police service. In other words, we must move on from a reliance on countering insurgency by military tactics alone to a mixed plan. The police should no longer be treated as a second-rate military force but, with European Union funding, commitment and training, given a real chance of becoming a proper police service. Finally, the Iraqi people want the election to be held in January. A properly trained and effective police service is integral to its success. With our funding and our training competence, we in the European Union can make all the difference."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; AFET (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Nicholson of Winterbourne (ALDE )."1

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