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"Mr President, I would like to say to the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative that she ended the last debate by apologising for being passionate. I do not think you should apologise, Madam, because passion shows you care, and when you care you will get things done. I hope very much that by raising the issue of South Sudan tonight we are showing that we care and are asking you to help us do something about what has become one of the world’s forgotten crises.
You mentioned some of the difficulties. NGOs on the ground have written to MEPs talking about thousands of civilians killed, thousands of women raped and children abducted. This weekend the UN agencies – the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization and UNICEF – warned of imminent famine. So we have got to do something. You are trying to up the diplomacy, putting pressure on the warring factions to come back to the table and to respect the ceasefire.
But what do we do if they will not agree? What can we do about it? How can we get tough? Colleagues spoke about arms embargoes, sanctions, and sanctions against the right people; not at the low level, but the most senior representatives. Can we have sanctions and will they bite? Have they been discussed with our partners, like the United States, and also can we have projects to give women a voice in this country? If they had a voice, I think some of the policies could change.
Finally, just to say, as I said at beginning, we need a sense of urgency about this because it is a forgotten crisis but if we do not act soon that forgotten crisis will soon be on our television screens in the form of starving children, in the form of more women being raped. It is a very familiar scene from Africa, but it is one we could avoid if we act now."@en1
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