Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-01-19-Speech-2-098"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-01-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Yemen (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100119.6.2-098"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-01-19-Speech-2-0992
lpv:speaker	lp:Adam Bielan2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2009-09-07--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; PECH (2009-07-16--2010-02-17)3 member; IMCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2011-12-28)3 unknown; Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (2009-07-14--2011-02-20)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, the eyes of the whole world were on Yemen recently, after al-Qaeda activists there claimed responsibility for what was, fortunately, an unsuccessful attempt to blow up an American airliner at Christmas. However, we have known for a long time that the deteriorating state of security in the country is allowing terrorist groups to find refuge from where they can plan and organise further operations. Terrorism had been spreading in the region for many years before 9/11, a day we all remember. We need only recall the al-Qaeda attack on the American warship, the USS Cole, on 12 October 2000. Yemen is an extremely significant country, in particular, because of its geographical location. We must remember that 3.5 million barrels of crude oil, which is 4% of world production, are transported every day through the 26.5-kilometre Bab-el-Mandeb Strait between Yemen and Djibouti. At the same time, it is a country with a very complicated internal situation. Apart from al-Qaeda, which is thriving there, there is also a serious Shi’ite rebellion in Saada Province in the north of the country and an outbreak of violence from secessionist movements in the south. If we add to this the negative effects of the world food crisis of two years ago, the recent financial crisis, the country’s dwindling reserves of crude oil, which account for three-quarters of its income, and finally an increasingly serious water shortage, we have a picture of a country on its knees, the ideal target for al-Qaeda, which, in view of its problems in Afghanistan, is looking for a new base. Therefore, apart from military action which, in one form or another, would appear to be unavoidable in view of the passivity and helplessness of the local authorities, the international community, including the European Union – and here I appeal to Mrs Ashton – must, above all, be very active in the process of rebuilding state institutions."@en1
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