Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-12-Speech-3-150"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-01-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU aid for tsunami victims in Asia (continuation)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050112.9.3-150"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-01-12-Speech-3-1512
lpv:speaker	lp:John Bowis2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the earth moved, tragedy struck and our world changed. The awesome pictures of that mighty sea consuming the land and crushing people, homes and landmarks were terrifying and terrible. The world was shocked by the fate of human beings, the suffering of survivors and the plight of orphans. In Europe we are mourning thousands of our own citizens, but with admiration for and gratitude to the local people who, despite their own loss and pain, found the courage and compassion to care for bewildered and frightened foreign tourists. The earth moved and the public were moved. The first to act were not governments, but people. People across the world opened their hearts and opened their purses, shaming governments into matching the monies their peoples had given. Now we demand real, lasting and effective action. Humanitarian and reconstruction aid must be given and used with transparency and accountability, and debt systems reformed. Our actions must help to bring peace, support good governance and human rights, involve local people and overcome poverty. Promises must be kept and we must develop the early warning systems which, as we now know, are already available in the form of the underground testing systems based in Vienna. Above all, Europe must now respond to the new public mood which demands that the divisions of our world must be healed through a determined combating of poverty and disease and the removal of barriers that have stopped poorer countries trading in our markets. The people of our world have never felt closer. Surely our governments – north and south – and our European Union, can build on that."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DEVE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2004-10-13--2007-03-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Bowis (PPE-DE )."1

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