Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-11-29-Speech-3-147"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-11-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061129.16.3-147"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-11-29-Speech-3-1482
lpv:speaker	lp:Richard Howitt2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, let me begin by saying that it was this Parliament that insisted there should be a separate legal instrument for human rights and democracy. It took a while to convince our friends and colleagues of that, but tonight’s debate shows that it is a victory for Parliament, and the right decision was made. On the key issues within the debate, I very much welcome what our Finnish Presidency colleague has said about this being a programme that delivers help without the consent of host governments. To the Commissioner, I say I am very proud of the work that we do on electoral observation. I think it is one of the most effective things we are involved with. Our attempt to limit it is simply to say that it should not take money away from grassroots human rights projects. Both are important. My own amendments tabled included support for parliamentary democracy where it is being suppressed, making sure that spending under this instrument is additional and not at the expense of human rights work within the mainstream programmes, and to give specific reference in the scope to core labour standards and corporate social responsibility, to the human rights of people with disabilities, and to access to justice. I should like to thank the co-rapporteurs for their support for these amendments, and the Council and the Commission for the flexibility they have shown as regards Parliament’s amendments as a whole. Tonight we have been debating the detail of legal texts. In this House we understand how important that is to ensure the European Union is effective. However, the main political message we should give is that just as this Parliament has established its own subcommittee on human rights, this Union is establishing an independent human rights and democracy instrument, because at the same time as the United Nations is elevating the status and role of human rights, so are we in the European Union, to help the victims of oppression, injustice and persecution, and those who defend them right around this world."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Richard Howitt (PSE ). –"1

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