Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-01-31-Speech-3-040"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-01-31"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Moratorium on the death penalty (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070131.15.3-040"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-01-31-Speech-3-0412
lpv:speaker	lp:Baroness Sarah Ludford2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, worldwide, 20 000 people are on death row waiting to be killed by their own governments. Sadly, over 3000 of these are in the United States. I do not single the US out because it is the worst – that is China, with 80% of executions – but because we have hope of the Americans. The great prize would be for a change of mind in the United States and the signs are there. The number of executions in the states of the US has dropped dramatically since 1999: there were 277 in that year, and 128 in 2005. Twelve states have now abolished the death penalty, not including Texas, which clocks up an unimpressive one-third of the 1100 executions in the US in the last 30 years. I think the Commission and the Presidency need to be more proactive and less hesitant in seeking a moratorium and abolition worldwide through a UN General Assembly resolution. As in some other areas of human rights policy, like extraordinary rendition and war-on-terror abuses, the EU is not always as effective in putting its principles into practice as Parliament would wish."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-26--2007-02-14)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Sarah Ludford (ALDE )."1

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