Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-03-15-Speech-3-015"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-03-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Change to the agenda (events in Palestine)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060315.2.3-015"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-03-15-Speech-3-0162
lpv:speaker	lp:Edward Mcmillan-scott2
lpv:spoken text	". – Mr President, as you say, I chaired the delegation from this Parliament to the presidential elections in January 2005, when President Mahmoud Abbas was elected freely and fairly by the people of Palestine, and again in January 2006 when the parliamentary elections took place in such controversial circumstances. Nevertheless, they were free and fair. We find ourselves with a man – Mahmoud Abbas – whose history you have described back to the 1970s, his commitment to peace, and his presence here today in an Assembly of 25 nations, directly elected, representing the very values that we are seeking to encourage in other parts of the world and especially in the Middle East: human rights, democracy, the rule of law, the free media, and so on. These are the values which I believe President Mahmoud Abbas was prepared to accept and of which he spoke in his inauguration speech in January 2005. Speaking as a Briton, and with a deep commitment to the process of peace and democracy in the Arab world, I find it paradoxical, ironic and tragic that the two countries which speak so much about democracy in the Arab world are the very countries – the United States and the United Kingdom – which walked away from that prison, which abandoned their international responsibilities instead of reinforcing the prison’s security. We knew there was a problem; they knew there was a problem. It was their duty to deal with it. They did not: they walked away. I hope, Mr President, that, when the Euromed Parliamentary Assembly, over which you preside, meets in Brussels in a few days time, we will hear a statement from the Commission and the Council on precisely what happened, why it happened, when it happened and who took the orders. There is a case to answer here and a case that may need to be answered to the international community, but starting in this Parliament."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (2004-07-20--2007-01-15)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-20--2008-06-11)3 vice-president; European Parliament (2004-07-20--2007-01-15)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2005-02-28--2007-03-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Chairman of the European Parliament’s delegation for observation of the elections in Palestine"1 "Edward McMillan-Scott (PPE-DE ),"1

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