Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-12-16-Speech-4-970"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"lv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101216.15.4-970"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-12-16-Speech-4-2152
lpv:speaker	lp:Sandra Kalniete2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; IMCO (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Pilsoniskā Savienība (2009-07-14--2013-03-24)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with Japan (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AGRI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"I fully support the report where it calls for efforts to reconstruct Afghanistan and an improvement in the human rights situation. It cannot be denied that the security situation in Afghanistan today is much better than it was nine years ago. People live in a freer society, girls can get education, and medical services are more accessible than under the Taliban regime. However, serious problems, in the resolution of which there has been no progress, still remain. This can especially be said about the war against drugs, as is rightly emphasised in the report. According to expert opinion, 92% of the world’s opium is sourced in Afghanistan and is then distributed throughout the world, including the European Union. We must take into account the fact that the cultivation of opium poppies represents a significant source of income in rural areas, where other forms of earning a living are difficult to find. That is why the destruction of opium poppy plantations without offering alternative means of earning a living is not an effective solution. The government of Afghanistan must make more purposeful use of international aid to develop small enterprises and agriculture in regions where opium is currently grown. The European Union’s investment in rebuilding Afghanistan is significant, but there is still much more to do. The most important thing is to guarantee security. I should like to stress that a premature withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan would not only be dangerous for the local population and a threat to the democratic world, but it would also thereby destroy all the good that has been achieved in Afghanistan. People have paid a high price for peace in Afghanistan, and we must not let them down."@en1

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