Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-09-08-Speech-4-136"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-09-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Famine in Niger2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050908.18.4-136"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-09-08-Speech-4-1372
lpv:speaker	lp:Urszula Krupa2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with Canada (2004-11-18--2005-12-15)3 unknown; Liga Polskich Rodzin (2004-07-20--2006-06-13)3 member; ENVI (2004-09-14--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-11-18--2006-04-26)3 member; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2007-02-12)3 member; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, today’s debate highlights one of the many tragedies of our contemporary world. Ours is a world in which it has been calculated that a child dies of starvation every seven minutes, despite the great advances made in technology, research, production and new techniques. No one present here today can even begin to imagine the agony of those dying of starvation, nor can we understand the plight of adults and children reduced to abject poverty. Niger is not the only place where this is happening. Other countries in sub-Saharan Africa and indeed elsewhere in the world are similarly afflicted. Niger itself is currently suffering from drought and a plague of locusts. As a result, five million people are starving, and over one million, including children, are in imminent danger of dying of starvation. This should weigh heavily on all our consciences. In particular, it should weigh on the consciences of those governed solely by the profit motive, who resort to market principles restricting food production, with scant regard for inalienable human rights, human dignity and moral principles. The much-heralded success stories propounded amongst other places from this House have become an indictment in the face of the globalisation of poverty and the threat posed to the peaceful coexistence of nations. Debates like the one we are engaged in today will change nothing, nor will humanitarian aid handed out by the very rich G8 countries, for whom Africa seems to have become a priority. Debt relief and a long-term development policy are required, and also a spirit of solidarity with countries in the developing world."@en1
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