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"Mr President, unfortunately, by the time I have finished this speech, two people will have killed themselves. This is because worldwide one person commits suicide every 30 seconds. A staggering one million persons, many of them young men and women, end their lives every year. Suicide is very relevant to the EU because five out of the top ten countries in terms of suicide rates are EU Member States: Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, Slovenia and Latvia. In fact, Lithuania has the highest suicide rate record in the world.
These are very sad statistics for the EU as, in most cases, the cause of suicide is preventable. The EU has a duty to its citizens to urgently reduce suicide rates in its Member States. I request you, Mr President, to address personally all EU Member State governments and national parliaments, especially those of the five aforementioned countries, and urge them strongly to redouble their efforts to prevent suicide amongst their citizens. By so doing, many thousands of lives may be saved each year."@en1
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