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dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Al şaptelea şi al optulea raport anual privind exportul de armament (dezbatere)⁶
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20070117.8.3-140"⁶
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lpv:speaker	lp:Baroness Sarah Ludford⁶
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I wish to support the warning in this report that irresponsible arms sales can lead to corruption. According to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, to which the UK is a party, inquiries into suspicions should not be influenced by considerations of national economic interest, the potential effect upon relations with another state or the identity of the persons involved. Criterion 1 of the EU Arms Code obliges Member States to respect their international obligations and criterion 2 to respect human rights. I would therefore love to have been a fly on the wall when British officials yesterday attempted to explain to the OECD’s Working Party on Bribery why the Government instructed the dropping of an investigation by our Serious Fraud Office into alleged corrupt payments to secure arms sales by British Aerospace to Saudi Arabia. Were they able to dispel the widespread assumption that this was because the Saudis threatened to cancel the contract and give future contracts to France, in other words, to protect jobs? The Government’s line was that it was necessary in the interests of national security, for fear that Saudi Arabia would break intelligence links. Unfortunately for the Government’s alibi, the head of MI6 has refused to sign up to that thesis. The Blair Government promised to be whiter than white. Instead it has set a shameful example for new and aspiring Member States on how corruption and arms sales are inseparable twins. The sooner the UK switches some of its manufacturing capacity out of arms, the better."@en⁴
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ECON (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)²³ member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)²³ member; LIBE (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)²³ unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)²³ vice-chair; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-26--2007-02-14)²³ member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)²³
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I wish to support the warning in this report that irresponsible arms sales can lead to corruption. According to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, to which the UK is a party, inquiries into suspicions should not be influenced by considerations of national economic interest, the potential effect upon relations with another state or the identity of the persons involved. Criterion 1 of the EU Arms Code obliges Member States to respect their international obligations and criterion 2 to respect human rights. I would therefore love to have been a fly on the wall when British officials yesterday attempted to explain to the OECD’s Working Party on Bribery why the Government instructed the dropping of an investigation by our Serious Fraud Office into alleged corrupt payments to secure arms sales by British Aerospace to Saudi Arabia. Were they able to dispel the widespread assumption that this was because the Saudis threatened to cancel the contract and give future contracts to France, in other words, to protect jobs? The Government’s line was that it was necessary in the interests of national security, for fear that Saudi Arabia would break intelligence links. Unfortunately for the Government’s alibi, the head of MI6 has refused to sign up to that thesis. The Blair Government promised to be whiter than white. Instead it has set a shameful example for new and aspiring Member States on how corruption and arms sales are inseparable twins. The sooner the UK switches some of its manufacturing capacity out of arms, the better."@cs¹ "Hr. formand! Jeg støtter advarslen i betænkningen om, at uansvarligt våbensalg kan føre til korruption. I henhold til OECD-konventionen om bekæmpelse af bestikkelse, som Det Forenede Kongerige har undertegnet, må undersøgelse af mistanker ikke påvirkes af overvejelser om nationale økonomiske interesser, den mulige virkning på forholdet til en anden stat eller den involverede persons identitet. Kriterium 1 i EU's adfærdskodeks for våbeneksport forpligter medlemsstaterne til at overholde deres internationale forpligtelser, og kriterium 2 forpligter dem til at overholde menneskerettighederne. Derfor ville jeg meget gerne have været en flue på væggen, da britiske embedsmænd i går forsøgte at forklare OECD's arbejdsgruppe om bestikkelse, hvorfor regeringen beordrede, at vores kontor for bekæmpelse af svig skulle opgive en efterforskning af British Aerospaces påståede korrupte betalinger for at sikre våbensalg til Saudi-Arabien. Formåede de at afkræfte den udbredte antagelse, at grunden var, at saudiaraberne truede med at hæve kontrakten og give fremtidige kontrakter til Frankrig, med andre ord for at redde arbejdspladser? Regeringens linje var, at det af hensyn til den nationale sikkerhed var nødvendigt for ikke at risikere, at Saudi-Arabien brød efterretningsforbindelserne. Desværre for regeringens alibi har lederen af den britiske efterretningstjeneste MI6 nægtet at bekræfte den teori. Blair-regeringen lovede at være hvidere end hvid. I stedet for har den været et skændigt eksempel for nye og måske kommende medlemsstater på, hvordan korruption og våbensalg hænger uløseligt sammen. Jo før Det Forenede Kongerige bruger mere af sin fremstillingskapacitet til at producere noget andet end våben, desto bedre."@da² "Herr Präsident! Ich möchte mich der Warnung in diesem Bericht anschließen, dass verantwortungslose Waffenverkäufe zu Korruption führen können. Nach der OECD-Konvention gegen Bestechung, die auch Großbritannien unterzeichnet hat, sollte die Verfolgung von Verdachtsfällen nicht durch nationale wirtschaftliche Interessenerwägungen, die möglichen Auswirkungen für die Beziehungen zu einem anderen Staat oder die Identität der verwickelten Personen beeinflusst werden. Kriterium 1 des EU-Waffenkodex verpflichtet die Mitgliedstaaten, ihre internationalen Verpflichtungen einzuhalten, und Kriterium 2, die Menschenrechte zu achten. Deshalb hätte ich liebend gern Mäuschen gespielt, als britische Regierungsvertreter gestern der Arbeitsgruppe der OECD über Bestechungsfragen erklären wollten, warum die Regierung die Einstellung einer Untersuchung des Serious Fraud Office anordnete, bei der es um angebliche Schmiergeldzahlungen ging, mit denen British Aerospace Aufträge für Waffenlieferungen nach Saudi-Arabien verschafft werden sollten. Konnten sie den weit verbreiteten Eindruck zerstreuen, dass dies geschehen sein könnte, weil die Saudis damit drohten, den Auftrag zu stornieren und künftige Aufträge an Frankreich zu vergeben, also mit anderen Worten, um Arbeitsplätze zu sichern? Nach Darstellung der Regierung hätten Interessen der nationalen Sicherheit dies erforderlich gemacht, aus Angst, Saudi-Arabien könnte geheimdienstliche Verbindungen abbrechen. Erschüttert wird das Alibi der Regierung jedoch durch den Leiter des MI6, der sich dieser These nicht anschließen wollte. Die Blair-Regierung erklärte, engelsrein zu sein. Stattdessen hat sie für neue und künftige Mitgliedstaaten ein skandalöses Beispiel abgeliefert, wie Korruption und Waffenverkäufe untrennbar miteinander verbunden sind. Je früher Großbritannien einen Teil seiner Fertigungskapazitäten auf waffenfrei umstellt, desto besser."@de⁹ "Κύριε Πρόεδρε, υποστηρίζω την προειδοποίηση που περιλαμβάνεται σε αυτή την έκθεση, σύμφωνα με την οποία οι ανεύθυνες πωλήσεις όπλων μπορούν να οδηγήσουν σε διαφθορά. Σύμφωνα με τη σύμβαση του ΟΟΣΑ κατά της δωροδοκίας, την οποία έχει συνυπογράψει το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, η διερεύνηση ύποπτων συναλλαγών δεν πρέπει να επηρεάζεται από θέματα εθνικού οικονομικού συμφέροντος, από ενδεχόμενες επιπτώσεις στις σχέσεις με τρίτες χώρες ή από την ταυτότητα των εμπλεκομένων προσώπων. Το κριτήριο 1 του εξοπλιστικού κώδικα της ΕΕ υποχρεώνει τα κράτη μέλη να τηρούν τις διεθνείς τους υποχρεώσεις και το κριτήριο 2 να σέβονται τα ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα. Ήθελα να ήμουν παρούσα όταν βρετανοί αξιωματούχοι προσπαθούσαν εχθές να εξηγήσουν στην ομάδα εργασίας του ΟΟΣΑ για τη δωροδοκία γιατί η κυβέρνησή τους έδωσε εντολή αναστολής έρευνας του γραφείου μας για τη δίωξη σοβαρών οικονομικών εγκλημάτων που αφορούσε πιθανές δωροδοκίες κατά την πώληση εξοπλισμού ασφαλείας από τη British Aerospace στη Σαουδική Αραβία. Μπόρεσαν να διασκεδάσουν τη διαδεδομένη εντύπωση ότι αυτή η ενέργεια οφειλόταν στο ότι οι Σαουδάραβες απείλησαν με ακύρωση του συμβολαίου και ανάθεση μελλοντικών συμβολαίων στη Γαλλία, με άλλα λόγια αποσκοπούσε στην προστασία θέσεων απασχόλησης; Σύμφωνα με την κυβερνητική γραμμή, η ενέργεια αυτή ήταν αναγκαία για την προστασία της εθνικής ασφάλειας, λόγω του φόβου ότι η Σαουδική Αραβία θα διέρρεε μυστικές πληροφορίες. Δυστυχώς για το άλλοθι της κυβέρνησης, ο επικεφαλής της MI6 αρνήθηκε να υποστηρίξει αυτή τη θέση. Η κυβέρνηση Μπλερ υποσχέθηκε ότι θα είναι απολύτως άψογη στις συναλλαγές της. Αντ’ αυτού, αποτελεί πλέον επονείδιστο παράδειγμα, για νέα και μελλοντικά κράτη μέλη, του πώς η διαφθορά και οι πωλήσεις όπλων συμβαδίζουν πάντα. Όσο συντομότερα μπορέσει το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο να στρέψει τμήμα των παραγωγικών του ικανοτήτων από την παραγωγή όπλων σε άλλους τομείς, τόσο το καλύτερο."@el¹⁰ "Señor Presidente, quiero apoyar la advertencia que se hace en este informe de que las ventas irresponsables de armas pueden llevar a la corrupción. Según la Convención contra el Soborno de la OCDE, de la que forma parte el Reino Unido, las investigaciones de casos sospechosos no deberían verse afectadas por consideraciones de interés económico nacional, por el posible efecto sobre las relaciones con otro Estado o la identidad de las personas implicadas. El criterio 1 del código de armamento de la Unión Europea obliga a los Estados miembros a respetar sus obligaciones internacionales, y el criterio 2 les obliga a respetar los derechos humanos. Por eso me habría gustado ver cómo ayer funcionarios británicos intentaban explicar al Grupo de Trabajo sobre Soborno de la OCDE por qué el Gobierno había dado instrucciones de abandonar una investigación por nuestra Oficina contra el fraude sobre unos pagos supuestamente corruptos para asegurar la venta de armas de British Aerospace a Arabia Saudí. ¿Lograron disipar la extendida sospecha de que lo hizo porque los saudíes amenazaban con cancelar el contrato y conceder los futuros contratos a Francia, en otras palabras, para proteger el empleo? La posición del Gobierno era que resultaba necesario en aras a la seguridad nacional, por miedo a que Arabia Saudí rompiera los lazos entre servicios de información. Lamentablemente para la coartada del Gobierno, el jefe del servicio secreto MI6 se ha negado a suscribir esa tesis. El Gobierno de Blair prometió ser más blanco que el blanco. En cambio, ha dado un ejemplo vergonzoso a los nuevos Estados miembros y los aspirantes de cómo la corrupción y las ventas de armas van inseparablemente de la mano. Cuanto antes traslade el Reino Unido parte de su capacidad industrial fuera del sector de armamento, tanto mejor."@es²¹ "Mr President, I wish to support the warning in this report that irresponsible arms sales can lead to corruption. According to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, to which the UK is a party, inquiries into suspicions should not be influenced by considerations of national economic interest, the potential effect upon relations with another state or the identity of the persons involved. Criterion 1 of the EU Arms Code obliges Member States to respect their international obligations and criterion 2 to respect human rights. I would therefore love to have been a fly on the wall when British officials yesterday attempted to explain to the OECD’s Working Party on Bribery why the Government instructed the dropping of an investigation by our Serious Fraud Office into alleged corrupt payments to secure arms sales by British Aerospace to Saudi Arabia. Were they able to dispel the widespread assumption that this was because the Saudis threatened to cancel the contract and give future contracts to France, in other words, to protect jobs? The Government’s line was that it was necessary in the interests of national security, for fear that Saudi Arabia would break intelligence links. Unfortunately for the Government’s alibi, the head of MI6 has refused to sign up to that thesis. The Blair Government promised to be whiter than white. Instead it has set a shameful example for new and aspiring Member States on how corruption and arms sales are inseparable twins. The sooner the UK switches some of its manufacturing capacity out of arms, the better."@et⁵ "Arvoisa puhemies, haluan tukea tähän mietintöön sisältyvää varoitusta siitä, että vastuuton aseiden myynti voi johtaa lahjontaan. OECD:n lahjonnan vastaisen yleissopimuksen, jonka sopimuspuoli Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta on, mukaan epäilyjen johdosta tehtyihin tutkimuksiin eivät saa vaikuttaa sellaiset näkökohdat kuin kansallinen taloudellinen etu, mahdolliset vaikutukset suhteisiin muihin maihin tai asianomaisten henkilöiden henkilöllisyys. EU:n aseiden vientiä koskevien käytännesääntöjen kriteerin 1 nojalla jäsenvaltioiden on noudatettava kansainvälisiä velvoitteitaan ja kriteerin 2 nojalla kunnioitettava ihmisoikeuksia. Tämän vuoksi olisin halunnut olla salaa kuuntelemassa, kun Yhdistyneen kuningaskunnan viranomaiset yrittivät eilen selittää OECD:n lahjontaa käsittelevälle työryhmälle, miksi hallitus kehotti vakavia petoksia tutkivaa virastoa (Serious Fraud Office) lopettamaan tutkimukset, jotka koskivat lahjusrahoja, joita väitettiin maksetun British Aerospacen Saudi-Arabian kanssa tekemän asekaupan varmistamiseksi. Pystyivätkö viranomaiset torjumaan vallalla olevan käsityksen siitä, että syynä oli Saudi-Arabian uhkaus peruuttaa sopimus ja tehdä tulevat sopimukset Ranskan kanssa, toisin sanoen työpaikkojen suojelu? Hallituksen kanta oli, että tämä oli tarpeen kansallisen turvallisuuden vuoksi, koska oli pelättävissä, että Saudi-Arabia katkaisisi tiedusteluyhteydet. Hallituksen esittämän alibin kannalta on kuitenkin harmillista, että M16-yksikön päällikkö kieltäytyi allekirjoittamasta tätä väitettä. Blairin hallitus lupasi olla puhdastakin puhtoisempi. Sen sijaan se on ollut uusille jäsenvaltioille ja unioniin pyrkiville jäsenvaltioille häpeällinen esimerkki siitä, kuinka lahjonta ja aseiden myynti liittyvät erottamattomasti toisiinsa. Mitä nopeammin Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta vähentää asetuotantokapasiteettiaan, sen parempi."@fi⁷ "Monsieur le Président, je souhaiterais mettre l’accent sur l’avertissement contenu dans ce rapport concernant le risque potentiel de corruption que représente la vente irresponsable d’armes. En vertu de la convention de l’OCDE sur la lutte contre la corruption, signée par le Royaume-Uni, les enquêtes menées pour allégation de corruption ne peuvent être influencées par des considérations d’intérêt économique national, les effets possibles sur les relations avec un autre État ou l’identité des personnes physiques ou morales en cause. Les critères 1 et 2 du code européen sur les armes imposent respectivement aux États membres d’honorer leurs obligations internationales et de respecter les droits de l’homme. J’aurais adoré me glisser subrepticement dans la salle où les officiers britanniques ont tenté hier d’expliquer au groupe de travail de l’OCDE sur la corruption pourquoi le gouvernement avait ordonné l’arrêt d’une enquête réalisée par notre au sujet d’un cas présumé de paiements frauduleux destinés à préserver les ventes d’armes par British Aerospace à l’Arabie saoudite. Sont-ils parvenus à dissiper les lourds soupçons favorisant l’hypothèse d’une réaction aux menaces exprimées par l’Arabie saoudite de mettre fin au contrat actuel et de faire désormais affaire avec la France, et par conséquent d’une volonté de protéger l’emploi? Le gouvernement a soutenu que ces paiements étaient nécessaires à des fins de sécurité nationale, afin d’éviter que l’Arabie saoudite ne rompe les liens établis entre les services de renseignement. Manque de chance, le directeur du MI6 a rejeté l’excuse du gouvernement et a refusé d’adhérer à cette thèse. Le gouvernement Blair avait promis d’être blanc comme neige. Au lieu de cela, il s’est couvert de honte et a montré aux nouveaux États membres et aux pays candidats que corruption et vente d’armes sont inextricablement liées. Plus tôt le Royaume-Uni réduira sa capacité de production d’armements, mieux cela vaudra."@fr⁸ "Mr President, I wish to support the warning in this report that irresponsible arms sales can lead to corruption. According to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, to which the UK is a party, inquiries into suspicions should not be influenced by considerations of national economic interest, the potential effect upon relations with another state or the identity of the persons involved. Criterion 1 of the EU Arms Code obliges Member States to respect their international obligations and criterion 2 to respect human rights. I would therefore love to have been a fly on the wall when British officials yesterday attempted to explain to the OECD’s Working Party on Bribery why the Government instructed the dropping of an investigation by our Serious Fraud Office into alleged corrupt payments to secure arms sales by British Aerospace to Saudi Arabia. Were they able to dispel the widespread assumption that this was because the Saudis threatened to cancel the contract and give future contracts to France, in other words, to protect jobs? The Government’s line was that it was necessary in the interests of national security, for fear that Saudi Arabia would break intelligence links. Unfortunately for the Government’s alibi, the head of MI6 has refused to sign up to that thesis. The Blair Government promised to be whiter than white. Instead it has set a shameful example for new and aspiring Member States on how corruption and arms sales are inseparable twins. The sooner the UK switches some of its manufacturing capacity out of arms, the better."@hu¹¹ "Signor Presidente, vorrei accordare il mio sostegno all’avvertimento contenuto nella relazione secondo cui la vendita irresponsabile di armi può portare alla corruzione. Secondo la Convenzione anticorruzione dell’OCSE, cui il Regno Unito ha aderito, le indagini sui casi sospetti non devono essere influenzate da considerazioni d’interesse economico nazionale, dall’effetto potenziale sulle relazioni con un altro Stato o dall’identità delle persone coinvolte. Il criterio 1 del Codice dell’Unione europea sulle armi impone agli Stati membri di rispettare gli obblighi internazionali e il criterio 2 di rispettare i diritti umani. Pertanto avrei voluto essere una mosca sulla parete della stanza in cui ieri i funzionari britannici hanno tentato di spiegare al gruppo di lavoro sulla corruzione dell’OCSE il motivo per cui il governo ha ordinato di abbandonare un’indagine del nostro ufficio per le frodi gravi su presunti pagamenti illeciti per assicurarsi vendite di armi da parte di all’Arabia Saudita. Sono riusciti a sfatare l’idea diffusa che ciò sia avvenuto perché i sauditi minacciavano di cancellare il contratto e dare quelli futuri alla Francia, e cioè per proteggere i posti di lavoro? La linea del governo era quella della necessità nell’interesse della sicurezza nazionale, per timore che l’Arabia Saudita interrompesse i collegamenti di . Purtroppo per l’alibi del governo, il capo dell’MI6 si è rifiutato di sottoscrivere questa tesi. Il governo Blair ha promesso di essere più candido di un giglio. Invece ha rappresentato, per i nuovi e ambiziosi Stati membri, un deplorevole esempio di come corruzione e vendita di armi siano compagni inseparabili. Prima il Regno Unito sottrarrà parte della propria capacità produttiva alle armi, meglio sarà."@it¹² "Mr President, I wish to support the warning in this report that irresponsible arms sales can lead to corruption. According to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, to which the UK is a party, inquiries into suspicions should not be influenced by considerations of national economic interest, the potential effect upon relations with another state or the identity of the persons involved. Criterion 1 of the EU Arms Code obliges Member States to respect their international obligations and criterion 2 to respect human rights. I would therefore love to have been a fly on the wall when British officials yesterday attempted to explain to the OECD’s Working Party on Bribery why the Government instructed the dropping of an investigation by our Serious Fraud Office into alleged corrupt payments to secure arms sales by British Aerospace to Saudi Arabia. Were they able to dispel the widespread assumption that this was because the Saudis threatened to cancel the contract and give future contracts to France, in other words, to protect jobs? The Government’s line was that it was necessary in the interests of national security, for fear that Saudi Arabia would break intelligence links. Unfortunately for the Government’s alibi, the head of MI6 has refused to sign up to that thesis. The Blair Government promised to be whiter than white. Instead it has set a shameful example for new and aspiring Member States on how corruption and arms sales are inseparable twins. The sooner the UK switches some of its manufacturing capacity out of arms, the better."@lt¹⁴ "Mr President, I wish to support the warning in this report that irresponsible arms sales can lead to corruption. According to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, to which the UK is a party, inquiries into suspicions should not be influenced by considerations of national economic interest, the potential effect upon relations with another state or the identity of the persons involved. Criterion 1 of the EU Arms Code obliges Member States to respect their international obligations and criterion 2 to respect human rights. I would therefore love to have been a fly on the wall when British officials yesterday attempted to explain to the OECD’s Working Party on Bribery why the Government instructed the dropping of an investigation by our Serious Fraud Office into alleged corrupt payments to secure arms sales by British Aerospace to Saudi Arabia. Were they able to dispel the widespread assumption that this was because the Saudis threatened to cancel the contract and give future contracts to France, in other words, to protect jobs? The Government’s line was that it was necessary in the interests of national security, for fear that Saudi Arabia would break intelligence links. Unfortunately for the Government’s alibi, the head of MI6 has refused to sign up to that thesis. The Blair Government promised to be whiter than white. Instead it has set a shameful example for new and aspiring Member States on how corruption and arms sales are inseparable twins. The sooner the UK switches some of its manufacturing capacity out of arms, the better."@lv¹³ "Mr President, I wish to support the warning in this report that irresponsible arms sales can lead to corruption. According to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, to which the UK is a party, inquiries into suspicions should not be influenced by considerations of national economic interest, the potential effect upon relations with another state or the identity of the persons involved. Criterion 1 of the EU Arms Code obliges Member States to respect their international obligations and criterion 2 to respect human rights. I would therefore love to have been a fly on the wall when British officials yesterday attempted to explain to the OECD’s Working Party on Bribery why the Government instructed the dropping of an investigation by our Serious Fraud Office into alleged corrupt payments to secure arms sales by British Aerospace to Saudi Arabia. Were they able to dispel the widespread assumption that this was because the Saudis threatened to cancel the contract and give future contracts to France, in other words, to protect jobs? The Government’s line was that it was necessary in the interests of national security, for fear that Saudi Arabia would break intelligence links. Unfortunately for the Government’s alibi, the head of MI6 has refused to sign up to that thesis. The Blair Government promised to be whiter than white. Instead it has set a shameful example for new and aspiring Member States on how corruption and arms sales are inseparable twins. The sooner the UK switches some of its manufacturing capacity out of arms, the better."@mt¹⁵ "Mijnheer de Voorzitter, ik wil mijn steun geven aan de waarschuwing in dit verslag dat onverantwoorde wapenverkoop tot corruptie kan leiden. Volgens de OESO-overeenkomst tegen omkoping, waarbij het Verenigd Koninkrijk is aangesloten, mag een onderzoek naar een verdenking niet worden beïnvloed door overwegingen van nationaal economisch belang, door het mogelijke effect op de betrekkingen met een andere staat of door de identiteit van de betrokken personen. Op grond van criterium 1 van de EU-Gedragscode dienen de lidstaten hun internationale verplichtingen na te leven en op grond van criterium 2 behoren zij de mensenrechten te eerbiedigen. Daarom zou ik gisteren maar wat graag mijn oor te luisteren hebben gelegd in het vertrek waar Britse functionarissen aan de werkgroep omkoping van de OESO probeerden uit te leggen waarom de regering korte metten had gemaakt met een onderzoek van onze naar vermeende corrupte betalingen teneinde de verkoop van wapens door het Britse Aerospace aan Saoedi-Arabië te verzekeren. Konden zij de wijdverbreide veronderstelling ontkrachten dat het onderzoek werd gestaakt omdat de Saoedi’s hadden gedreigd het contract te zullen opzeggen en in de toekomst met de Fransen in zee te gaan? Met andere woorden, lag de reden in de bescherming van arbeidsplaatsen? Het standpunt van de regering luidde dat de maatregel nodig was in het belang van de nationale veiligheid; de vrees bestond dat Saoedi-Arabië de contacten op het niveau van de inlichtingendiensten zou verbreken. Helaas voor de regering weigerde het hoofd van MI6 deze redenering te onderschrijven. De regering-Blair heeft beloofd uiterste onkreukbaarheid te betrachten. In plaats daarvan heeft zij nieuwe en kandidaat-lidstaten een beschamend voorbeeld gegeven van de onlosmakelijke verwevenheid tussen corruptie en wapenverkoop. Hoe sneller het Verenigd Koninkrijk een deel van haar wapenproductie beëindigt, hoe beter."@nl³ "Mr President, I wish to support the warning in this report that irresponsible arms sales can lead to corruption. According to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, to which the UK is a party, inquiries into suspicions should not be influenced by considerations of national economic interest, the potential effect upon relations with another state or the identity of the persons involved. Criterion 1 of the EU Arms Code obliges Member States to respect their international obligations and criterion 2 to respect human rights. I would therefore love to have been a fly on the wall when British officials yesterday attempted to explain to the OECD’s Working Party on Bribery why the Government instructed the dropping of an investigation by our Serious Fraud Office into alleged corrupt payments to secure arms sales by British Aerospace to Saudi Arabia. Were they able to dispel the widespread assumption that this was because the Saudis threatened to cancel the contract and give future contracts to France, in other words, to protect jobs? The Government’s line was that it was necessary in the interests of national security, for fear that Saudi Arabia would break intelligence links. Unfortunately for the Government’s alibi, the head of MI6 has refused to sign up to that thesis. The Blair Government promised to be whiter than white. Instead it has set a shameful example for new and aspiring Member States on how corruption and arms sales are inseparable twins. The sooner the UK switches some of its manufacturing capacity out of arms, the better."@pl¹⁶ "Senhor Presidente, quero apoiar o alerta incluído no relatório de que vendas irresponsáveis de armas podem levar à corrupção. Segundo a Convenção contra a Corrupção da OCDE, de que o Reino Unido é parte, inquéritos realizados por suspeita não deveriam ser influenciados por considerações de interesse económico nacional, as potenciais consequências para as relações com outro Estado ou a identidade das pessoas envolvidas. O nº 1 do Código de Conduta da União Europeia relativo à Exportação de Armas obriga os Estados-Membros a respeitarem as suas obrigações internacionais, e o nº 2 a respeitarem os direitos humanos. Gostaria portanto de ter sido mosca para ouvir ontem os oficiais britânicos tentarem explicar ao Grupo de Trabalho da OCDE sobre Corrupção porque é que o Governo deu ordens ao nosso para parar com a investigação sobre alegados pagamentos corruptos destinados a garantir vendas de armas por parte da à Arábia Saudita. Terão sido capazes de dissipar a convicção generalizada de que tal aconteceu porque esta última ameaçou cancelar o contrato e conceder os futuros contratos a França, ou, por outras palavras, para proteger empregos? A versão governamental era a de que era necessário no interesse da segurança nacional, por medo de a Arábia Saudita quebrar os contactos dos serviços secretos. Infelizmente para o álibi do Governo, o director do MI6 recusou-se a corroborar essa tese. O Governo Blair prometeu ser imaculado. Pelo contrário, deu um exemplo vergonhoso aos Estados-Membros novos e candidatos de como a corrupção e as vendas de armas são gémeos inseparáveis. Quanto mais cedo o Reino Unido alterar a sua capacidade industrial para fora do sector do armamento, melhor."@pt¹⁷ "Mr President, I wish to support the warning in this report that irresponsible arms sales can lead to corruption. According to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, to which the UK is a party, inquiries into suspicions should not be influenced by considerations of national economic interest, the potential effect upon relations with another state or the identity of the persons involved. Criterion 1 of the EU Arms Code obliges Member States to respect their international obligations and criterion 2 to respect human rights. I would therefore love to have been a fly on the wall when British officials yesterday attempted to explain to the OECD’s Working Party on Bribery why the Government instructed the dropping of an investigation by our Serious Fraud Office into alleged corrupt payments to secure arms sales by British Aerospace to Saudi Arabia. Were they able to dispel the widespread assumption that this was because the Saudis threatened to cancel the contract and give future contracts to France, in other words, to protect jobs? The Government’s line was that it was necessary in the interests of national security, for fear that Saudi Arabia would break intelligence links. Unfortunately for the Government’s alibi, the head of MI6 has refused to sign up to that thesis. The Blair Government promised to be whiter than white. Instead it has set a shameful example for new and aspiring Member States on how corruption and arms sales are inseparable twins. The sooner the UK switches some of its manufacturing capacity out of arms, the better."@ro¹⁸ "Mr President, I wish to support the warning in this report that irresponsible arms sales can lead to corruption. According to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, to which the UK is a party, inquiries into suspicions should not be influenced by considerations of national economic interest, the potential effect upon relations with another state or the identity of the persons involved. Criterion 1 of the EU Arms Code obliges Member States to respect their international obligations and criterion 2 to respect human rights. I would therefore love to have been a fly on the wall when British officials yesterday attempted to explain to the OECD’s Working Party on Bribery why the Government instructed the dropping of an investigation by our Serious Fraud Office into alleged corrupt payments to secure arms sales by British Aerospace to Saudi Arabia. Were they able to dispel the widespread assumption that this was because the Saudis threatened to cancel the contract and give future contracts to France, in other words, to protect jobs? The Government’s line was that it was necessary in the interests of national security, for fear that Saudi Arabia would break intelligence links. Unfortunately for the Government’s alibi, the head of MI6 has refused to sign up to that thesis. The Blair Government promised to be whiter than white. Instead it has set a shameful example for new and aspiring Member States on how corruption and arms sales are inseparable twins. The sooner the UK switches some of its manufacturing capacity out of arms, the better."@sk¹⁹ "Mr President, I wish to support the warning in this report that irresponsible arms sales can lead to corruption. According to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, to which the UK is a party, inquiries into suspicions should not be influenced by considerations of national economic interest, the potential effect upon relations with another state or the identity of the persons involved. Criterion 1 of the EU Arms Code obliges Member States to respect their international obligations and criterion 2 to respect human rights. I would therefore love to have been a fly on the wall when British officials yesterday attempted to explain to the OECD’s Working Party on Bribery why the Government instructed the dropping of an investigation by our Serious Fraud Office into alleged corrupt payments to secure arms sales by British Aerospace to Saudi Arabia. Were they able to dispel the widespread assumption that this was because the Saudis threatened to cancel the contract and give future contracts to France, in other words, to protect jobs? The Government’s line was that it was necessary in the interests of national security, for fear that Saudi Arabia would break intelligence links. Unfortunately for the Government’s alibi, the head of MI6 has refused to sign up to that thesis. The Blair Government promised to be whiter than white. Instead it has set a shameful example for new and aspiring Member States on how corruption and arms sales are inseparable twins. The sooner the UK switches some of its manufacturing capacity out of arms, the better."@sl²⁰ "Herr talman! Jag skulle vilja stödja varningen i detta betänkande om att oansvarig vapenförsäljning kan leda till korruption. Enligt OECD:s konvention mot mutor, som Storbritannien är part i, ska undersökningar om misstanke inte påverkas av eventuella nationella ekonomiska intressen, eventuell inverkan på förbindelser med annan stat eller berörda personers identitet. I kriterium 1 i EU:s vapenkod åtar sig medlemsstaterna att respektera sina internationella skyldigheter och i kriterium 2 att respektera de mänskliga rättigheterna. Jag skulle därför gärna ha varit en fluga på väggen när brittiska tjänstemän igår försökte förklara för OECD:s arbetsgrupp mot mutor varför regeringen beordrade att en utredning som genomförs av vårt om påstådda utbetalningar av mutor för att säkra British Aerospaces vapenförsäljning till Saudiarabien skulle läggas ned. Lyckades de skingra det allmänna antagandet att detta berodde på att saudiaraberna hotade att upphäva kontraktet och ge framtida kontrakt till Frankrike, med andra ord att skydda arbetstillfällen? Regeringens linje gick ut på att detta var nödvändigt i den nationella säkerhetens intresse, av rädsla för att Saudiarabien skulle bryta underrättelselänkar. Beklagligt nog för regeringens alibi vägrade chefen för den brittiska underrättelsetjänsten (MI-6) att anta denna tes. Blairregeringen lovade att vara fläckfriare än fläckfriast. Istället har den statuerat ett skamligt exempel för nya medlemsstater och kandidatländer på att korruption och vapenförsäljning är oskiljaktiga. Ju snabbare Storbritannien ställer om sin tillverkningskapacitet från vapen, desto bättre."@sv²²
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