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"Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, human rights are an area of particular concern to the European Parliament. The intense debate and the amendments tabled concerning the report voted on this week are evidence of the hard work put in by the political groups to achieve a broad consensus. Consequently, the European Union will be able to play a leading role in the 61st session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva.
For the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, the Union’s policy on human rights is the main added value of its foreign policy. The PSE Group believes that, whilst respecting multilateralism, the Union’s foreign policy is characterised by measures to ensure the recognition of human rights and their promotion and support. Europe is charged with rooting out suffering in the world.
As preparations for the forthcoming session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights get under way, I should like to ask the Commission and the Council to ensure that the European Parliament’s delegation is fully involved in the work and negotiations in Geneva. I must emphasise to the Commission and Council representatives present here today that Parliament is a legitimate and credible body and deserves to be treated as such. Our presence in Geneva must not be purely symbolic. I trust suitable methods of coordination will be set up, to allow us to cooperate in a satisfactory manner.
This leads me to call on the Council and the Commission to take full account of the specific content of the recommendations contained in this report. In particular, I should like to draw attention to Parliament’s hope that the Union will adopt a balanced, consistent and demanding stance at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. The
approach needs to be discarded.
Parliament’s report goes beyond recommendations addressed solely to countries in the developing world, and focuses on human rights themselves. Consequently, the report argues for abuses and violations of human rights to be denounced wherever they take place, be that in Uzbekistan or in Guantanamo.
As I conclude, I should like to call on the House to support the introduction of reproductive health rights into this report. I am addressing the more conservative Members in particular. Reproductive health rights are crucial when it comes to combating AIDS and guaranteeing other human rights. We are in favour of combating not only religious discrimination but also discrimination for reasons of gender or sexual orientation."@en1
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