Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-16-Speech-4-166"

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dcterms:Date	"2004-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 115)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041216.12.4-166"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-16-Speech-4-1672
lpv:speaker	lp:Panagiotis Beglitis2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-22--2007-09-25)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2007-09-25)3 substitute; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-09-25)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, it has been twenty years since the tragedy in Bhopal in India, with its huge humanitarian and ecological consequences, and I believe that the initiative by the political groups for the adoption of a motion in plenary by the European Parliament is particularly important. However, it is not enough to jog the memory, it is not enough to condemn what is often the unaccountable operation of multinational companies in developing countries, it is not enough just to state our humanitarian awareness in words. This sort of tragedy may be experienced again by people in some other part of the world if the international community does not move to introduce international mechanisms for controlling the operation of multinational companies, for protecting the environment and for protecting human rights and the rights of workers. This is where the role of the European Union within the framework of the UN and within the framework of other international organisations may be more efficient. The motion records the problems which still exist and numerous honourable members spoke about them in the area of Bhopal as a whole. However, in my opinion, it does not fully reflect the efforts made by the federal and regional authorities in India over recent years in the fields of medical, economic, social and environmental restitution. Important policies have been implemented which we should not overlook. To close, I consider that the best way for us to express our sympathy with the victims and their families is for the European Commission to take initiatives in cooperation with the World Health Organisation on the implementation of medical and environmental restitution programmes."@en1

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