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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120215.23.3-479-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Laima Liucija Andrikienė2
lpv:spokenAs	member; DROI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-10-12--2014-06-30)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; INTA (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-10-12--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Tėvynės sąjunga - Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the delegation from the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights will travel to Geneva for the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council, as has been the case in previous years for the sessions of the Council. This year, two important processes are under way. Firstly, the 13th and 14th sessions of the universal periodic review will be organised in the course of 2012. Secondly, there is the ongoing review of the EU’s human rights policy, which should contribute to making the European Union a more active, coherent and effective force in the world. Having said this, I should stress that the EU and our Member States should guarantee respect for human rights in our own policies in order to increase the coherence between internal and external policies and thus enhance the credibility of the European Union in the UN Human Rights Council. Tomorrow, we will vote on the resolution on the 19th session of the UNHRC. In our resolution, we welcome the designation of Burma, Syria, Libya and Iran as key issues of the session. We also welcome the many horizontal issues which will be addressed during the session of the Council. Not for the first time, we regret the fact that the review process has not led to the development of further-reaching membership criteria as regards commitments and performance on human rights issues. We reiterate our call for competitive elections for all regional groups, and we recommend that the European Union and its Member States state their clear opposition to the practice of regional groups putting forward ‘clean slates’ and lead by example on this matter. On Arab Spring countries, we take note of the restoration of Libya’s membership of the UNHRC and encourage the country’s reintegration. At the same time, we regret that the opportunity was not seized to draw up strong and transparent criteria for reinstating suspended members. We welcome the statement by UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, urging the Egyptian authorities to end the excessive and brutal use of force against protestors in Cairo and elsewhere in the country. In our resolution, we address serious human rights violations in Syria, a situation which has been discussed in depth today in this room. A universal periodic review, special procedures and the EU’s involvement are among the topics addressed in our resolution. So tomorrow, by adopting this document on the 19th session, the European Parliament will mandate our delegation to voice these and many other concerns which are part of the agenda of the session."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Laima Liucija Andrikienė,"1 "on behalf of the PPE Group."1
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