Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-12-17-Speech-3-968"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU Annual report on human rights - French initiative at the UN on the decriminalisation of homosexuality (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081217.21.3-968"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-12-17-Speech-3-3042
lpv:speaker	lp:Sirpa Pietikäinen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2008-07-09--2009-07-13)3 member; ECON (2008-07-09--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2008-07-08--2009-07-13)3 substitute; INTA (2008-04-09--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2008-07-09--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Kansallinen Kokoomus (2008-04-04--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFCO (2008-07-08--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2008-04-04--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"The European Union is one of the main international human rights actors. The Union’s work is considerable, speaking, as it does, on behalf of human rights, providing development aid, and defending the values of democracy. The EU Annual Report on Human Rights, which has just been published, examines the Union’s multifunctional work in the field of human rights. The EU’s human rights report for 2008 mentions the many positive steps that have been taken to establish human rights globally. Unfortunately, these steps are still small ones in proportion to the situation overall, and there is a considerable amount of work still needed, so that fundamental human rights can become a reality equally the world over. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reminded us all last week, speaking on the 60 anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that the Declaration of Human Rights is needed just as badly today as when it was drafted in 1948. He said: ‘The challenges we face today are as daunting as those that confronted the Declaration's drafters’. Despite all its important work, the EU really ought to stop and seriously examine its actions in the field of human rights. Regrettably, its human rights policy still lacks the sort of determination, coherence and persistence that are expected of a strong human rights player. A halt should be brought to the gradual whittling away of human rights internationally. As a values-based union of states, the EU has a special duty to ensure that human rights are established worldwide. Declarations alone, without concrete action, are just hollow words."@en1
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