Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-12-Speech-3-166"

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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	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050112.9.3-166"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-01-12-Speech-3-1672
lpv:speaker	lp:Albert Jan Maat2
lpv:spokenAs	member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2007-04-09)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2007-04-09)3 substitute; BUDG (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; DROI (2004-09-28--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (2004-07-20--2007-04-09)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-20--2007-03-14)3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to add to Mr Martens’ words of appreciation for the Commission’s rapid and effective response to the request for aid. There are three points I should like to discuss. First of all, there is a point I should like to consider in my capacity as a member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights. One of the shadowy sides of tourism in that area, including large-scale tourism from Europe, is the trade in women and children and the violation of children’s rights. A situation such as this again makes evident how dark this shadow is. It would be right and proper for the European Union to make money and manpower available to tackle that very issue and to demonstrate, in that dark situation, that we too are on the side of the people, and to solve that great evil. My second point concerns the enormous damage suffered by fisheries. As we in Europe have a great deal of expertise in that area, it would be appropriate if the European Union, as well as concluding fisheries agreements across the world, were to assist those coastal areas at this particular time, ensuring that the necessary attention is given to equipping fishing vessels and safe fishing, that high levels of funds are invested in this area and that we focus on this accordingly. The third point concerns food aid. Very often in large-scale food aid, we notice that, due to enormous price rises on account of the enormous extra demand arising in those areas, the poor in nearby regions suffer as a result. In that respect, the European Union could play a leading role in ensuring that those markets are not disrupted, and that in terms of food purchasing, it is considered worldwide how that issue could be solved. It is then that the quality of aid can improve in the areas close to those affected, too."@en1

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