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dcterms:Date	"2012-06-12"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Catherine Ashton2
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I will be brief, as I know we have many debates to complete this evening. Can I first of all thank all honourable Members for their comments. All of them are important. Secondly, can I say that I was clear, I thought, in my response that the European Union Special Representative (EU SR) will report to the institutions as defined in the Treaty. I made the point because – exactly as honourable Members are right to point out – it is important that we stick to the obligations that we have. In addition, I pointed out that the political accountability statements I have made also give the opportunity for Parliament to engage. Far from running away from it, I was making the point that we need to stick to the obligations that have been made, and I know that any Special Representative on human rights will wish to ensure that they have a strong relationship with the European Parliament, as indeed they will wish to have with the Council and, of course, the Commission and across the services. But I do draw honourable Members’ attention to Article 33 of the Treaty. Thirdly, on the specific point on what is happening in regard to the ICC (International Criminal Court), you will not be surprised to know, Mr Howitt, that we are in touch with them on the ground through our delegation and, for the moment, we are working with them closely. In terms of the representations that honourable Members have made about the issues and countries of greatest concern, I have taken note of all of them. It is important that we are consistent. It is important that we speak up seriously and properly on the issue of human rights. I have said many times that the only criteria for human rights to apply to any one of us is for us to be human and here. We have to make sure that that is the principle that we carry forward in all of the work that we do. I thank honourable Members again. We will improve again on the work that we have done on this report. The translation will be ready within the next couple of weeks but I do apologise that it is not available as it should be."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Catherine Ashton,"1 "Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy."1
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