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dcterms:Date	"2005-02-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights (Geneva, 14 March to 22 April 2005)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050223.6.3-051"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-02-23-Speech-3-0522
lpv:speaker	lp:Cecilia Malmström2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2006-10-05)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2006-10-05)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2006-10-05)3 substitute; DROI (2004-07-30--2006-10-05)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2004-09-15--2006-10-05)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2006-10-05)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (2004-07-20--2006-10-05)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-22--2006-10-05)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-20--2006-10-05)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, the annual session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva is an extremely important opportunity for the countries of the world to meet and discuss human rights. Many states and many people around the world, including dissidents and the oppressed, follow this exercise with very great interest. This phenomenon is extremely important to the European Parliament, and so we very much welcome this cooperation between the Commission, the Council and ourselves. Of course, the formal aspects of the meeting need to be revised. This could perhaps be done in conjunction with the UN overhaul in September. For example, it is completely absurd that a rogue State such as Libya has chaired the session on human rights. This does not lend any credibility to our work. The meetings also need to be better structured, exactly as my fellow MEP, Mr Ribeiro e Castro said. Despite the good intentions in Geneva, there is of course a great deal of horse trading, with the really big rogue states, such as Iran and China, often being let off the hook, whereas it is easier to agree on North Korea, for example; which is also a rogue State, of course. The Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe finds this regrettable and would very much like to see resolutions on those very countries – Iran and China – because they are the worst offenders when it comes to the infringement of human rights. We are also very anxious about the situation in Darfur and regret that the abuses and genocide there are not being put before the International Criminal Tribunal. There is a large number of topics and countries that could be discussed, and the excellent report by Mrs Flautre, which has our support, states Parliament’s priorities. I should just like to highlight Chechnya, Zimbabwe and Colombia on behalf of the ALDE Group. It is also very important that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, her staff and various bodies be given sufficient resources to enable them to work on the issue. The three subjects that the EU is to pursue are very good, and have our support. We should also have liked to see one on freedom of speech in relation to journalists. Last year, more journalists than ever were killed on the job, and large numbers of them are in prison around the world. The courage of these people is essential to our learning of human rights abuses, and it is thus a prerequisite for the session in Geneva. For that reason, it is our duty not to forget the work they do."@en1

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