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"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the human rights situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam is particularly worrying.
The purpose of today’s debate is to support strong and assertive action by all of us – Parliament, the Commission and the Council – in order to uphold fundamental human rights: the right to life and the promotion of freedom.
Since the end of military conflict – 30 years ago the war in Vietnam was coming to a close – and the fall of bloody communist regimes – such as that of Pol Pot – or violent anti-government
as in Laos – the international community has been actively cooperating towards supporting former Indochina in terms of development and democracy within the international forum.
Yet 30 years on from events that were so terrible and tragic for part of the human race, what is the state of play today? Much has certainly been done, but not enough. Fundamental guarantees of human rights are still not being respected: the right to life and to freedom of assembly, expression and opinion, to say nothing of the right to religious worship and the restrictions placed on Christians and Catholics, as well as on the United Buddhist Church of Vietnam.
What, furthermore, can one say of the squalid, shameful sex tourism which goes unchecked and through which young women – children, almost – are thrown onto the streets like so much butcher’s meat? It is a disgrace which must be prevented and stopped.
It must be recognised that some progress has been made with regard to the right to religious expression: several dozen priests were ordained in Vietnam a few days ago. It is necessary, however, to do more to win the battle for democracy and human rights.
In three years’ time we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. I hope that between now and then we can – via greater use of the instruments available to us, starting with financial instruments – achieve a genuine policy of defending human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Madam President, I believe that to achieve this objective it is vital to involve the European Parliament in the work of the EU-Laos and EU-Vietnam working parties of the Council and Commission, with regard to administrative reforms, governance and human rights."@en1
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