Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-07-06-Speech-3-318"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:A world without landmines2
dcterms:Language	"sl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050706.28.3-318"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-07-06-Speech-3-3192
lpv:speaker	lp:Jelko Kacin2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Liberalna Demokracija Slovenije (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Iran (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Although a large number of countries have prohibited the use, storage, manufacture and distribution of anti-personnel mines and have committed themselves to their elimination by ratifying the convention, anti-personnel mines and other forms of land-mines continue to exist. Only yesterday a Slovenian military vehicle hit a mine in Afghanistan. They lie hidden in the countryside and around inhabited places, threatening humans and livestock, bringing death and inflicting physical and psychological damage with resultant social and other long-term consequences. The world has still not rid itself of the menace of this, the most inhumane of the weapons that pollute our planet. I understand the situation and the historical circumstances in the three Member States of the European Union that have still not ratified the convention, but now is the time for some changes. Other means should be used to prevent the danger of military conflicts in Europe. There are more victims of mines than we might think, or that we are aware of. The victims are not just innocent civilians, mainly farmers and their offspring, who, if they survive, are damaged both psychologically and physically, and marked for the rest of their lives. Their parents, their relatives, their neighbours and friends are victims, too. It is right and proper that in our resolution we also talk of money for the rehabilitation and reintegration of victims. Bringing such people back into society is a long-term and extremely demanding process if a complete and genuine rehabilitation is to be secured. However, any process of mine-clearing is much more valuable than dealing with the consequences of an explosion or rehabilitating the victims. In Southeast Europe, too, less than one thousand kilometres from Strasbourg, we are still registering new victims of mines, so we must continue the process of clearing mines until the last mine in Europe has been removed. If we do not do this more quickly, we will be faced with new victims, and we will not be able to act persuasively or successfully in other continents if we cannot put our own house in order first. Only a world without mines can allow the return of refugees and a regeneration of farming, which is a crucial economic factor, particularly in countries where wars have raged."@en1

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