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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2014-02-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Authorising Member States to ratify, in the interests of the European Union, the Arms Trade Treaty - Arms Trade Treaty (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20140204.67.2-841-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2014-02-04-Speech-2-842-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Geoffrey Van Orden2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the United Kingdom has a special interest in these matters. It is Europe’s leading arms exporter, and a responsible arms exporter. It was also one of the co-authors of the UN General Assembly resolution that called for this internationally agreed Arms Trade Treaty to be drawn up. It is important that we remember that the Arms Trade Treaty is just that: a trade treaty and not a disarmament treaty. Over the years I have been much involved in the campaign to ban anti-personnel landmines. This was about eliminating a certain very specific weapon, often used indiscriminately and with terrible consequences, mainly by terrorist and insurgent groups. There were those that constantly sought to widen the scope of the resultant Ottawa Treaty into other fields, so it is important that we be clear about the limited purposes of this Arms Trade Treaty. We should also be clear that it should not interfere in the right of a state to decide nationally on its arms export controls in compliance with internationally agreed criteria. In discussing such matters, we are entering into important and sensitive areas of national sovereignty. It is unfortunate, therefore, that the resolution perhaps inevitably includes some EU competence-creep, calling for the EU to be part of the Treaty, pushing for an EU support mechanism, for implementation and an ATT outreach programme. I suggest that what is more important is that our governments and the EU put effort into ensuring that countries such as China, Pakistan and Russia are signed up to the highest possible international standards, rather than wasting valuable time harmonising European positions that are already very similar."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; TRAN (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; PECH (2011-12-13--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2010-07-07--2014-06-30)3 member; SEDE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Conservative Party (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Geoffrey Van Orden,"1 "on behalf of the ECR Group"1
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