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"Mr President, I congratulate the rapporteur, Mr Donskis, on this report, which highlights multiple areas of concern throughout the world. I particularly like the emphasis on freedom of expression and religion, having long championed Christian minority rights in the communist and Islamic worlds.
I also welcome the further engagement of the High Representative in promoting shared values. But my group still remains unconvinced by the need for an EUSR for human rights, given the current involvement of Member States and the External Action Service already in this area. Perhaps, however, Mr Lambrinidis, who I see over there, in office, will convince me otherwise.
In addition, I particularly support the universal protection of human rights defenders and journalists in the report and feel very strongly about countries subject to repeated human rights resolutions of this Parliament, such as Pakistan, Iran, Belarus, North Korea and, once again, China, where insufficient attention is being paid to the plight of the Tibetans. The further deterioration of human rights in Russia is also of ongoing concern.
However, there are a number of passages in the report which are simply too prescriptive, in particular those relating to human rights in trade agreements, the ICC, the UN Security Council, CIA rendition, and asylum and immigration, which fall outside the scope of the EU’s competences. In the Tavares report we have similar concerns, also about being too prescriptive in its approach to the role of the delegations of this Parliament in monitoring such matters which, while well intentioned, risk overburdening the committees with bureaucratic regulations and costs. But the thrust of this report is generally positive and something which my group will welcome.
The ECR is fully committed to promoting fundamental human rights in the world. However, these occasionally need to be balanced with other interests. We also recognise that we cannot always impose our values on other cultures, and the definition of universal human rights is often contested, particularly when concerning the death penalty and abortion rights. These two, in particular, remain conscience matters for individual members of our own group."@en1
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