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dcterms:Date	"2012-03-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Kazakhstan (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120314.26.3-459-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-03-14-Speech-3-460-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Paolo Bartolozzi2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AGRI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 chair; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-29--2014-06-30)3 member; ENVI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Il Popolo della Libertà (2009-07-14--2013-12-09)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-29--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank Mr Søvndal for his thorough description. First of all, I, too, would like to express our total support to the families of the victims of the serious clashes that took place on 16 December in Zhanaozen, and our concern for the subsequent unfolding of events. What was initially essentially a labour dispute degenerated into extremely serious incidents in which 17 people lost their lives and, in the days following the incident, led to the arrest of journalists and representatives of the opposition. It is in everyone’s interest, as Kazakhstan has done, to shed full light on the events and I therefore hope that today will be remembered solely as an opportunity for our Parliament to explore what has happened thus far, and to reiterate our call for an investigation that will reassure the international community that the responsibilities for the events of Zhanaozen will be clarified and those responsible pursued in the utmost respect of the principles of the law and respect for human rights. The delegation that I have the honour of heading has had the opportunity of hearing the explanations provided by the Kazakh authorities at some of its meetings, as well as those of some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that are very active in monitoring events in the country. The willingness of the authorities of Kazakhstan to provide explanations and the promise to provide further clarifications are undoubtedly positive elements and should be appreciated by us all. This is another reason why I would like to underline the need to maintain a certain balance, which I would have liked to have seen play a bigger part also in the text of the resolution on which we will have to vote tomorrow, and which, in my opinion, it would perhaps have been better to have postponed until the official investigations were over. It would also have been useful to send an official mission of international bodies to flank the investigations. The undeniable need to further clarify what happened and to call for greater efforts on the part of Kazakhstan in improving its progress along the road to democracy must also be accompanied at all times by a new commitment to an open and constructive dialogue with the country."@en1
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