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"Madam President, Baroness Ashton, I would like to start by thanking our rapporteur for this excellent report. Respect for human rights must be reflected in all European Union policy fields. In this very sensitive area, in particular, it is indispensable that both the EU institutions and the Member States should speak with one voice and put forward a responsible and coherent course of action.
For that reason, we have, for a long time, advocated an EU Special Representative for Human Rights. The Special Representative should not be bound into tightly defined subject areas but should pursue a comprehensive approach to promoting human rights, democratic efforts and the structures appropriate for states under the rule of law. This comprehensive approach must also be discernible in the way the Special Representative for Human Rights collaborates with other actors. The success of the office will depend, to a critical degree, on cooperation with political leaders, but also, in particular, with the representatives of local, regional and national civil society and with regional and international organisations. Only with the intensive involvement of local and regional actors will it be possible for us, jointly, to durably improve the human rights picture in this world of ours.
The European Parliament must live up to the role envisaged for it in appointing the supervision for the special rapporteur's mandate. I therefore expect the Special Representative for Human Rights to regularly report to us on his/her activities."@en1
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