Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-02-Speech-4-039"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Colombia2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041202.5.4-039"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-02-Speech-4-0402
lpv:speaker	lp:Giusto Catania2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Partito della Rifondazione Comunista - Sinistra Europea (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, although I partly welcome what the Commissioner has said in this Chamber, I believe the various issues need to be examined more carefully. The first issue, as far as Colombia is concerned, is the policy begun by President Uribe. Only a few months ago, a respected US weekly put a photograph of the Colombian president on its cover and claimed that when President Alvaro Uribe was at the US Defence Department in 1991, before he was president, he had links with the Medellín drug cartel and was a friend of Pablo Escobar. As if that were not enough, President Uribe’s policy in recent years has consisted exclusively in encouraging the paramilitary forces, so much so that a few months ago he invited the paramilitary leaders to Parliament, demonstrating that he is only prepared to talk to one side in this war. Even the relatives of Ingrid Betancourt have claimed that it is President Uribe who is opposed to any humanitarian exchange. In recent years the national security policy has focused on arbitrary mass detentions, the criminalisation of social conflict, massacres of trade unionists and violations of human rights. We believe that the European Union should not declare its neutrality in this context but should rather encourage the search for a political solution to the conflict and the cessation of military hostilities, which President Uribe is currently promoting. We should make every effort to achieve compliance with the London Declaration of July 2003 and the recommendation made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in March 1994: let us remember that it is in fact the Colombian Government that has failed to keep to the agreements. Lastly, with regard to international and European cooperation, it should be noted that peace laboratory funds all too often end up in areas totally controlled by the paramilitaries. I believe the Commission and the Council should bear this in mind to a greater extent."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Newsweek"1

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