Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-12-15-Speech-4-221"

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dcterms:Date	"2005-12-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Ethiopia and new border conflicts2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051215.38.4-221"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-12-15-Speech-4-2222
lpv:speaker	lp:Fiona Hall2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, I shall begin with the Eritrean border. The Ethiopian Government’s decision to move back its forces has been very welcome. This is a highly tense situation and it is not helped by Eritrea’s eviction of members of the UN mission. When we were in Edinburgh, the Eritrean Ambassador to the EU told me that Eritrea wanted the situation resolved, but Ethiopia was refusing to take action. This morning the First Secretary at the Ethiopian Mission to the EU told me that Ethiopia wanted the situation resolved but needed channels of discussion on the process of implementing the boundary commission decision. If it is fundamentally the case that, despite past animosity, there is now the will for peace on both sides, could the Commission and Council not play a more active role in bringing the two sides together? Secondly, on the situation inside Ethiopia, the Council will be aware that a cross-party group of us who observed the 15 May elections wrote to Hilary Benn, the British Secretary of State for International Development, on 23 November. We detailed our concern at the loss of life and the human rights abuses which have taken place there since June. I am told that an answer is awaiting the Minister’s signature. This may be the political equivalent of a cheque in the post, but I understand that the Council and Commission are committed to pursing a robust discussion on democracy and human rights issues under Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement. I hope it will indeed be robust and that the option of initiating urgent consultations under Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement will be borne in mind if progress is not forthcoming."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DEVE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Fiona Hall (ALDE ),"1 "author"1

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