Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-05-17-Speech-3-181"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-05-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human Rights in the World in 2005 and EU policy (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060517.19.3-181"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-05-17-Speech-3-1822
lpv:speaker	lp:Johan Van Hecke2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; DROI (2004-09-13--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with South Africa (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten - Vivant (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this human rights report is clear, comprehensive and ambitious. It is an appeal in favour of more coordination and more coherence in the human rights policy of the EU and of the Member States. We all know that the rapporteur dreams of a single human rights report reflecting the viewpoints of the Council, the Commission and Parliament, and that dream can, and will, become reality one day, provided that, in the short term, the Council takes Parliament’s advice seriously and in the longer term, places economic and commercial considerations second to the principle that human rights are universal and indivisible. I endorse the rapporteur’s point of view that the European initiative for democracy and human rights is an extremely important instrument in the EU’s human rights strategy. I also share Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner’s view that more funds need to be set aside for election observation missions, which, certainly in post-conflict situations, are crucial in strengthening democracy and human rights. I also have high expectations of the inclusion of human rights clauses in all EU agreements. Setting up sound instruments is one thing, but applying them consistently and courageously is quite another, and so it is baffling that the Commission should continue to dither about applying Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement in certain cases of blatant human rights violation in ACP countries, of the sort that are, for example, currently going on in Ethiopia. A policy of double standards threatens to make the EU’s human rights policy less credible and should be avoided at all costs. What is so good about the Howitt report is that, in moving away from situation ethics, it finally offers a prospect of a more systematic and integrated approach. That is something I can support with a great deal of enthusiasm."@en1

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