Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-08-Speech-3-162"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-06-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Reform of the UN2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20050608.16.3-162"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-08-Speech-3-1632
lpv:speaker	lp:Luisa Morgantini2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partito della Rifondazione Comunista - Sinistra Europea (2004-07-20--2007-01-22)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2007-01-30)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2004-07-28--2007-01-15)3 substitute; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 chair; DEVE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, at 60 years old, the United Nations is younger than I am but I genuinely hope that it has a longer life than mine and ours and that it can witness development, democracy and justice for the people of this world. The devastation of the Second World War, the horror and the uniqueness of the Holocaust perpetrated by the Nazis, the deaths of millions of people and soldiers, not to mention the unpunished crime of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought forth a hope and a commitment: that the peoples of the United Nations could be certain of having a vehicle to make war history. That is now a long time ago. The UN has lost its effectiveness and the major countries have striven to see it go under – one need only think about the preventative and humanitarian wars, which in reality have been trials of lethal weapons, virtually weapons of mass destruction. Reform, or rather, a refounding of the United Nations is crucial. The Organisation has to return to a situation in which it is able to maintain peace by means of justice, promote disarmament, combat poverty and uphold democracy. Upholding democracy also means guaranteeing transparency and participation, not only by national governments, but also by the people and civil society. Mr Laschet’s report is important, as is the ability of our Parliament to strive towards strengthening and coordinating the United Nations. I agree with his proposals: strengthening the commitment towards human rights, protecting nature and the environment, combating poverty and strengthening the European Economic and Social Committee (ECOSOC). Those are all fundamental commitments, also in terms of achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Mr Laschet was speaking about ‘freedom from want’ and about the need to encourage Kofi Annan and obviously to forcefully resume the Agenda for Peace issued by Boutros Boutros-Ghali in 1992. Finally, I would like to highlight a fundamental issue, that is, the complete anachronism of the Security Council and its anti-democratic nature, which is symbolised by the right of veto. I believe that it is important to strive towards abolishing it and for the European Union to be represented by one voice, together with the other continents."@en1

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