Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-08-Speech-3-171"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-06-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Reform of the UN2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050608.16.3-171"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-08-Speech-3-1722
lpv:speaker	lp:Hélène Flautre2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Les Verts-Europe-Ecologie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2004-09-01--2007-01-15)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 chair; DROI (2004-09-01--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I shall devote these few words to an extremely important issue, namely the reform of the United Nations programme for human rights. I am delighted to see – not only here in Parliament but also in the Commission and the Council – that the general outline of a reform of the UN’s instruments assessing human rights is emerging and, moreover, that it corresponds to the work now being undertaken, by which I mean the package proposed by the UN Secretary-General and also the action plan which has just been submitted to Kofi Annan by the High Commissioner, Mrs Louise Arbour. These are extremely interesting approaches which, moreover, are echoed in the excellent report by Mr Laschet. The transformation into a permanent council is obviously a revolution in the UN’s system of human rights. Why? Because it will provide us with a body able to apply permanent pressure on countries violating human rights, and, as we have just said, these violations are a permanent threat to security, development and peace. That is an absolutely vital reform. With regard to the increase in the resources available to the High Commissioner’s office, I believe everyone is in agreement. I think we shall also have to look at the substance of the activity of this Council and at the way it works: in that area, the reference that the European Parliament’s report makes to peer group assessment – namely assessment by other countries – which is a transparent, just and equitable appraisal system for all countries, helping to avoid the charge of double standards, appears an absolutely fundamental one."@en1

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