Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-06-Speech-4-131"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-09-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Burma2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070906.17.4-131"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-09-06-Speech-4-1332
lpv:speaker	lp:Eija-Riitta Korhola2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-05-10--2009-02-04)3 member; ENVI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Kansallinen Kokoomus (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2007-01-31--2008-07-08)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, in 1990 the National League for Democracy won the democratic elections in Burma. A military junta placed the party’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, under house arrest. In 2007 Myanmar’s Peace and Development Council continues its oppression. Aung San Suu, who was elected leader in Burma’s elections, remains under arrest. Burma is an example of how, as long as the will of the people is suppressed by means of house arrest and imprisonment, society suffers. Human rights and legal order do not prevail. Ninety per cent of the people live below the poverty line. The country’s dwindling economy and poor humanitarian record worsened again this year when Myanmar’s junta raised fuel prices in August. In the quest for a solution the EU’s role is prominent in the United Nations Security Council and the Human Rights Council. The European Member States must show strength and take responsibility for the plight of the Burmese people. The keys to the solution, however, are mainly in the hands of China, Russia and India. China has already exercised its right of veto in the Security Council and blocked a resolution on Burma. A highly regarded position in the international community does not come free. It has to be earned. Attempts by the West to enforce a rapid democratisation of despotic regimes in the world have failed. It has been said that democracy is not a product that can be exported. Some have thought it to be the white man’s illusion. People have asked whether rule by the people is even the right way to govern a country. Is it a suitable option everywhere? The problem with the world, however, is not that democracy should be won with fire and sword. The problem is that it is suppressed with fire and sword."@en1

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