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lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, firstly may I congratulate Mr Coveney. In his report, he has adopted the new approach which we agreed last year, that the work of Parliament, in terms of an annual human rights report, should be to scrutinise what is done by Council and the Commission and advancing what we can do throughout the European Union to promote human rights, not simply acting as a commentary. I thank him and congratulate him for that. I was very sad to hear that he will be pursuing a national parliamentary career in future and not standing again for this Parliament. I just want to place on record that he has been a good champion of human rights and a good colleague of ours. In this debate, I believe we can emphasise that the European Union can do more to promote human rights. Many of us are concerned. Parliament will continue to be intimately involved in ensuring that Europe’s actions and involvement in the UN Human Rights Council are more effective. It has not made the start that we all hoped for. In the resolution, we drew attention to the fact that the Commission is chairing the Kimberley Process. Let us use that to get the independent verification system that the NGOs called for by St Valentine’s Day 2007, which was a good aim. We welcome the fact that after our criticisms of Europe’s position vis-à-vis Belarus and the ILO last year, and given the attacks and harassment of trade unionists, the Commission has now recommended pulling out of trade preferences for Belarus. You have listened. Thank you for that. We can do more. On human rights treaties, we are concerned about cluster bombs. Many European countries, led by Belgium and including, I am pleased to say, my own country the United Kingdom, now support a binding treaty to ban cluster bombs. I am deeply happy that Europe has led the campaign for the UN Convention on disabled people’s rights. That was the fastest agreed human rights convention in the UN’s history. The European Communities have signed up to it for the first time. Next year, let the Communities and the Member States sign the optional protocol so that there is a complaints procedure. Show us that you are still listening."@en⁴
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)²³ member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)²³ member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)²³ vice-chair; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)²³ substitute; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)²³ unknown; Labour Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)²³ substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)²³ substitute; EMPL (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)²³
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, firstly may I congratulate Mr Coveney. In his report, he has adopted the new approach which we agreed last year, that the work of Parliament, in terms of an annual human rights report, should be to scrutinise what is done by Council and the Commission and advancing what we can do throughout the European Union to promote human rights, not simply acting as a commentary. I thank him and congratulate him for that. I was very sad to hear that he will be pursuing a national parliamentary career in future and not standing again for this Parliament. I just want to place on record that he has been a good champion of human rights and a good colleague of ours. In this debate, I believe we can emphasise that the European Union can do more to promote human rights. Many of us are concerned. Parliament will continue to be intimately involved in ensuring that Europe’s actions and involvement in the UN Human Rights Council are more effective. It has not made the start that we all hoped for. In the resolution, we drew attention to the fact that the Commission is chairing the Kimberley Process. Let us use that to get the independent verification system that the NGOs called for by St Valentine’s Day 2007, which was a good aim. We welcome the fact that after our criticisms of Europe’s position vis-à-vis Belarus and the ILO last year, and given the attacks and harassment of trade unionists, the Commission has now recommended pulling out of trade preferences for Belarus. You have listened. Thank you for that. We can do more. On human rights treaties, we are concerned about cluster bombs. Many European countries, led by Belgium and including, I am pleased to say, my own country the United Kingdom, now support a binding treaty to ban cluster bombs. I am deeply happy that Europe has led the campaign for the UN Convention on disabled people’s rights. That was the fastest agreed human rights convention in the UN’s history. The European Communities have signed up to it for the first time. Next year, let the Communities and the Member States sign the optional protocol so that there is a complaints procedure. Show us that you are still listening."@cs¹ "Hr. formand! Først vil jeg lykønske hr. Coveney. I sin betænkning har han vedtaget den nye tilgang, som vi blev enige om sidste år, om, at Parlamentets arbejde med hensyn til en årsberetning om menneskerettigheder skal bestå i nøje at undersøge, hvad Rådet og Kommissionen gør, samt i at fremme, hvad vi kan gøre i hele EU for at fremme menneskerettigheder og ikke kun kommentere dem. Jeg takker ham og lykønsker ham hermed. Jeg var meget ked af at høre, at han fremover vælger en national parlamentarisk karriere, og at han ikke genopstiller til Europa-Parlamentet. Jeg vil gerne have ført til protokols, at han har været en god forkæmper for menneskerettigheder samt en god kollega. Under denne forhandling kan vi efter min mening understrege, at EU kan gøre mere for at fremme menneskerettigheder. Mange af os bekymrer os herom. Parlamentet vil fortsat være tæt engageret i at sikre, at Europas indsats og engagement i FN-Menneskerettighedsrådet bliver mere effektivt. Det har ikke fået den start, vi alle håbede på. I beslutningen gjorde vi opmærksomme på det faktum, at Kommissionen præsiderer Kimberley-processen. Lad os bruge det til at få indført det uafhængige kontrolsystem, som ngo'erne krævede inden St. Valentins dag 2007, hvilket var en god målsætning. Vi glæder os over det faktum, at Kommissionen efter vores kritik af Europas holdning over for Belarus og ILO i fjor og i betragtning af angreb på og chikanerier af fagforeningsmedlemmer nu har anbefalet en fjernelse af handelspræferencer for Belarus. De har lyttet. Tak for det. Vi kan gøre mere. Med hensyn til menneskerettighedstraktater er vi bekymret over klyngebomber. Mange europæiske lande anført af Belgien og - er jeg glad for at sige - med deltagelse af mit eget land, Det Forenede Kongerige, støtter nu en bindende traktat om at forbyde klyngebomber. Jeg er meget glad for, at Europa har ført an i bestræbelserne på at få en FN-konvention om handicappedes rettigheder. Det var den hurtigst vedtagne menneskerettighedskonvention i FN's historie. EU har underskrevet den for første gang. Næste år skal vi lade Fællesskaberne og medlemsstaterne underskrive den frivillige protokol, så der er en klageprocedure. Vis os, at De fortsat lytter."@da² "Herr Präsident! Zunächst möchte ich Herrn Coveney gratulieren. Er hat in seinem Bericht das neue Konzept übernommen, auf das wir uns letztes Jahr verständigt haben, nämlich dass das Parlament in Form eines Jahresberichts zur Menschenrechtslage untersuchen sollte, was Rat und Kommission unternehmen, und das fördern sollte, was wir in der gesamten Europäischen Union tun können, um die Menschenrechte wirklich voranzubringen und nicht nur einfach Stellungnahmen abzugeben. Ich danke ihm und beglückwünsche ihn dazu. Mit großer Trauer habe ich vernommen, dass er in Zukunft eine parlamentarische Laufbahn in seinem Heimatland einschlagen und diesem Parlament nicht mehr zur Verfügung stehen wird. Ich möchte nur feststellen, dass er sich hervorragend für die Menschenrechte einsetzt und ein großartiger Kollege ist. In dieser Aussprache können wir meines Erachtens betonen, dass die Europäische Union mehr zur Förderung der Menschenrechte unternehmen kann. Viele von uns machen sich Sorgen. Das Parlament wird auch weiterhin maßgeblich dafür sorgen, dass die Maßnahmen Europas und seine Einbeziehung in den Menschenrechtsrat der Vereinten Nationen effektiver vonstatten gehen. Dieser hat seine Tätigkeit nicht in der von uns erhofften Weise aufgenommen. In der Entschließung machen wir darauf aufmerksam, dass die Kommission im Kimberley-Prozess den Vorsitz führt. Nutzen wir ihn, um das unabhängige Verifizierungssystem durchzusetzen, das die NRO am Valentinstag 2007 gefordert haben und das ein begrüßenswertes Ziel darstellt. Wir begrüßen die Tatsache, dass die Kommission nach unserer Kritik am Standpunkt Europas gegenüber Belarus und der IAO im letzten Jahr und in Anbetracht der Angriffe und Drangsalierungen der Gewerkschafter nun die Empfehlung ausgesprochen hat, von den Handelspräferenzen für Belarus Abstand zu nehmen. Sie haben zugehört – vielen Dank dafür! Wir können aber noch mehr erreichen. Was die Menschenrechtsverträge angeht, so machen wir uns Sorgen über die Streubomben. Viele europäische Länder – allen voran Belgien und, was mich sehr freut, mein Heimatland Großbritannien – befürworten mittlerweile einen verbindlichen Vertrag über das Verbot von Streubomben. Es freut mich außerordentlich, dass Europa die Kampagne für die Konvention der Vereinten Nationen über die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen geleitet hat, die die Menschenrechtskonvention in der Geschichte der UNO war, auf die man sich am schnellsten geeinigt hat. Die Europäischen Gemeinschaften haben sich ihr zum ersten Male verpflichtet. Im nächsten Jahr werden die Gemeinschaften und Mitgliedstaaten das Fakultativprotokoll unterzeichnen, damit es ein Beschwerdeverfahren gibt. Beweisen Sie uns also, dass Sie noch immer zuhören!"@de⁹ "Κύριε Πρόεδρε, καταρχάς θέλω να συγχαρώ τον κ. Coveney. Στην έκθεσή του, υιοθέτησε τη νέα προσέγγιση που συμφωνήσαμε πέρυσι, σύμφωνα με την οποία το έργο του Κοινοβουλίου, όσον αφορά την ετήσια έκθεση για τα ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα, πρέπει να είναι ο έλεγχος της πορείας του Συμβουλίου και της Επιτροπής και η προώθηση των ενεργειών στις οποίες μπορούμε να προβούμε στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση για την προαγωγή των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων, χωρίς να ενεργούμε απλώς ως σχολιαστές. Τον ευχαριστώ και τον συγχαίρω γι’ αυτό. Με λύπη μου άκουσα ότι θα ακολουθήσει εθνική κοινοβουλευτική σταδιοδρομία στο μέλλον και δεν θα θέσει ξανά υποψηφιότητα για το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο. Θέλω απλώς να καταγραφεί στα πρακτικά ότι υπήρξε καλός υπέρμαχος των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων και καλός συνάδελφος. Σε αυτή τη συζήτηση, πιστεύω ότι μπορούμε να τονίσουμε πως η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση μπορεί να κάνει περισσότερα για να προωθήσει τα ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα. Πολλοί από εμάς ανησυχούν. Το Κοινοβούλιο θα συνεχίσει να συμμετέχει ενεργά στη διασφάλιση μεγαλύτερης αποτελεσματικότητας για τις δράσεις και τη συμμετοχή της Ευρώπης στο Συμβούλιο Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων του ΟΗΕ. Δεν έκανε την αρχή που όλοι ελπίζαμε. Στο ψήφισμα, επιστήσαμε την προσοχή στο γεγονός ότι η Επιτροπή ασκεί την προεδρία της διαδικασίας Κίμπερλυ. Ας το χρησιμοποιήσουμε αυτό για να εξασφαλίσουμε το ανεξάρτητο σύστημα εξακρίβωσης που ζήτησαν οι ΜΚΟ την ημέρα του Αγ. Βαλεντίνου του 2007, το οποίο αποτελεί καλό στόχο. Χαιρετίζουμε το γεγονός ότι μετά τις επικρίσεις μας για τη θέση της Ευρώπης αναφορικά με τη Λευκορωσία και τη ΔΟΕ πέρυσι, και ενόψει των επιθέσεων και της παρενόχλησης των μελών συνδικάτων, η Επιτροπή πρότεινε τώρα την άρση των εμπορικών προτιμήσεων για τη Λευκορωσία. Μας ακούσατε. Σας ευχαριστώ γι’ αυτό. Μπορούμε να κάνουμε περισσότερα. Όσον αφορά τις συνθήκες για τα ανθρώπινα δικαιώματα, μας ανησυχούν οι βόμβες διασποράς. Πολλές ευρωπαϊκές χώρες, υπό την καθοδήγηση του Βελγίου και συμπεριλαμβανομένης, μπορώ να πω με ικανοποίηση, και της χώρας μου της Βρετανίας, υποστηρίζουν τώρα μια δεσμευτική συνθήκη για την απαγόρευση των βομβών διασποράς. Είμαι βαθύτατα ικανοποιημένος για το γεγονός ότι η Ευρώπη ηγείται της εκστρατείας για τη Σύμβαση του ΟΗΕ σχετικά με τα δικαιώματα των ατόμων με αναπηρίες. Ήταν η σύμβαση ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων που συμφωνήθηκε πιο γρήγορα στην ιστορία του ΟΗΕ. Οι Ευρωπαϊκές Κοινότητες την υπέγραψαν για πρώτη φορά. Του χρόνου, ας υπογράψουν οι Κοινότητες και τα κράτη μέλη το προαιρετικό πρωτόκολλο ώστε να υπάρχει μια διαδικασία προσφυγών. Δείξτε μας ότι ακόμα ακούτε."@el¹⁰ "Señor Presidente, en primer lugar, permítame felicitar al señor Coveney. En su informe ha adoptado el nuevo enfoque que acordamos el año pasado, según el cual el Parlamento debe fiscalizar, mediante un informe anual sobre derechos humanos, la labor del Consejo y la Comisión y adelantar lo que podemos hacer en la Unión Europea por promover los derechos humanos y no limitarnos a un simple comentario. Le doy las gracias y le felicito por ello. Me ha entristecido mucho oír que tiene intención de seguir su carrera en el Parlamento nacional y de que no se presentará a la reelección a este Parlamento. Simplemente quiero hacer constar que ha sido un gran defensor de los derechos humanos y un buen colega nuestro. Considero que en este debate podemos hace hincapié en que la Unión Europea puede hacer más cosas en defensa de los derechos humanos. Muchos de nosotros estamos preocupados. El Parlamento continuará empeñado en asegurar una mayor eficacia de las acciones de Europa y una mayor participación en el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas. Este no ha emprendido el vuelo que todos esperábamos. En la resolución llamamos la atención sobre el hecho de que la Comisión preside el Proceso de Kimberley. Aprovechemos esta circunstancia para conseguir el sistema de verificación independiente que las ONG solicitaron el día de San Valentín de 2007, que era un buen objetivo. Saludamos el hecho de que tras nuestras críticas de la posición de Europa con respecto a Belarús y la OIT el año pasado, y dados los ataques y el acoso que sufren los sindicalistas, la Comisión haya recomendado ahora abandonar las preferencias comerciales para Belarús. Nos han escuchado y yo se lo agradezco. Podemos hacer más. Respecto a los tratados sobre derechos humanos, nos preocupan las bombas de racimo. Muchos países europeos, liderados por Bélgica y entre los cuales figura, me es grato decirlo, mi país, el Reino Unido, apoyan ahora un tratado vinculante para prohibir las bombas de racimo. Estoy muy satisfecho de que Europa haya liderado la campaña a favor de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad. Se trata de la convención de derechos humanos acordada con mayor rapidez de la historia de las Naciones Unidas. Las Comunidades Europeas la han suscrito por vez primera. Hagamos que el año que viene las Comunidades y los Estados miembros suscriban el protocolo opcional, de forma que exista un procedimiento de reclamación. Demuestren que todavía escuchan."@es²¹ "Mr President, firstly may I congratulate Mr Coveney. In his report, he has adopted the new approach which we agreed last year, that the work of Parliament, in terms of an annual human rights report, should be to scrutinise what is done by Council and the Commission and advancing what we can do throughout the European Union to promote human rights, not simply acting as a commentary. I thank him and congratulate him for that. I was very sad to hear that he will be pursuing a national parliamentary career in future and not standing again for this Parliament. I just want to place on record that he has been a good champion of human rights and a good colleague of ours. In this debate, I believe we can emphasise that the European Union can do more to promote human rights. Many of us are concerned. Parliament will continue to be intimately involved in ensuring that Europe’s actions and involvement in the UN Human Rights Council are more effective. It has not made the start that we all hoped for. In the resolution, we drew attention to the fact that the Commission is chairing the Kimberley Process. Let us use that to get the independent verification system that the NGOs called for by St Valentine’s Day 2007, which was a good aim. We welcome the fact that after our criticisms of Europe’s position vis-à-vis Belarus and the ILO last year, and given the attacks and harassment of trade unionists, the Commission has now recommended pulling out of trade preferences for Belarus. You have listened. Thank you for that. We can do more. On human rights treaties, we are concerned about cluster bombs. Many European countries, led by Belgium and including, I am pleased to say, my own country the United Kingdom, now support a binding treaty to ban cluster bombs. I am deeply happy that Europe has led the campaign for the UN Convention on disabled people’s rights. That was the fastest agreed human rights convention in the UN’s history. The European Communities have signed up to it for the first time. Next year, let the Communities and the Member States sign the optional protocol so that there is a complaints procedure. Show us that you are still listening."@et⁵ "Arvoisa puhemies, saanen aluksi kiittää kollega Coveneya. Hän on mietinnössään käyttänyttä viime vuonna sopimaamme uutta lähestymistapaa, jonka mukaan parlamentin tehtävänä on tarkastella vuosittaisen ihmisoikeusraportin yhteydessä, mitä neuvosto ja komissio ovat saaneet aikaan, ja tuoda esiin, mitä me koko Euroopan unionissa voimme tehdä edistääksemme ihmisoikeuksia. Kyse ei siis ole pelkästä kommentoinnista. Kiitokset tästä hänelle. Oli erittäin surullista kuulla, että hän jatkaa vastedes uraansa kansallisessa parlamentissa eikä puolusta enää tätä parlamenttia. Haluan muistuttaa, että hän on ollut hyvä ihmisoikeuksien puolustaja ja meille hyvä kollega. Tässä keskustelussa voidaan mielestämme korostaa, että Euroopan unioni voi edistää ihmisoikeuksia paremmin. Monet meistä panostavat siihen. Parlamentti osallistuu jatkossa tiiviisti sen varmistamiseen, että Euroopan unionin toimet ja osallistuminen YK:n ihmisoikeusneuvostoon ovat yhä tehokkaampia. Neuvoston alkukausi ei ole ollut toivomamme. Kiinnitimme päätöslauselmassa huomiota siihen, että komissio toimii Kimberleyn prosessin puheenjohtajana. Käyttäkäämme tätä hyödyksi, jotta saamme aikaan riippumattoman tarkastusjärjestelmän, jota hyvän tavoitteen omaksuneet kansalaisjärjestöt vaativat toteutettavaksi 14. helmikuuta 2007 mennessä. Suhtaudumme myönteisesti siihen, että komissio on nyt suositellut vetäytymistä Valko-Venäjän kaupan suosituimmuusasemaa koskevista neuvotteluista. Viime vuonnahan me arvostelimme Euroopan unionin suhtautumista Valko-Venäjään ja ILO:on. Myös ammattiliittoaktivistien vastaiset hyökkäykset ja häirintä on otettu huomioon. Te olette kuulleet. Kiitos siitä. Me pystymme parempaan. Ihmisoikeussopimusten yhteydessä me olemme huolestuneita rypälepommeista. Belgian johdolla monet Euroopan maat, ilokseni myös oma kotimaani Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta, tukevat nyt velvoittavaa sopimusta rypälepommien kieltämiseksi. Olen erittäin tyytyväinen, että Euroopan unioni on johtanut kampanjaa YK:n yleissopimuksen tekemiseksi vammaisten oikeuksista. Se oli nopeimmin tehty ihmisoikeussopimus YK:n historiassa. Euroopan yhteisöt allekirjoittivat sen ensimmäistä kertaa. Ensi vuonna yhteisöt ja jäsenvaltiot allekirjoittavat valinnaisen lisäpöytäkirjan, jolloin saadaan aikaan valitusmenettely. Näyttäkää meille, että te kuuntelette edelleen."@fi⁷ "Monsieur le Président, permettez-moi tout d’abord de féliciter M. Coveney. Il a adopté dans son rapport la nouvelle approche que nous avions convenue l’année dernière, selon laquelle le travail du Parlement, pour ce qui est du rapport annuel sur les droits de l’homme, serait d’analyser à la loupe ce qui a été fait par le Conseil et la Commission et d’avancer des propositions sur ce que l’Union européenne peut faire pour promouvoir les droits de l’homme. Ce rapport n’est donc pas un simple commentaire. Je le remercie et le félicite pour cela. J’ai été très attristé d’apprendre qu’il poursuivra dorénavant une carrière de député national et qu’il ne représentera plus ce Parlement. Je veux simplement déclarer publiquement qu’il a été un bon défenseur des droits de l’homme et un bon collègue. Je pense que nous pouvons insister dans ce débat sur le fait que l’Union européenne peut faire plus pour promouvoir les droits de l’homme. Nous sommes nombreux à être inquiets. Le Parlement va continuer à être intimement impliqué dans l’assurance que les actions et l’implication de l’Europe dans le Conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU soient plus efficaces. Il n’a pas pris le départ que nous avions tous espéré. Dans la résolution, nous avions attiré l’attention sur le fait que la Commission préside le processus Kimberley. Servons-nous en pour obtenir le système de vérification indépendant que les ONG avaient demandé pour la Saint-Valentin 2007, ce qui était un bon objectif. Nous nous réjouissons du fait qu’après nos critiques sur la position de l’Europe par rapport au Belarus et à l’OIT l’année dernière, et vu les attaques et le harcèlement des syndicalistes, la Commission ait à présent recommandé le retrait des préférences commerciales en faveur du Belarus. Vous avez écouté. Merci. Nous pouvons faire plus. Sur la question des traités des droits de l’homme, nous nous inquiétons des bombes à fragmentation. Bon nombre de pays européens, dont notamment - et je suis fier de le dire - mon pays, le Royaume-Uni, soutiennent aujourd’hui, sous la houlette de la Belgique, un traité contraignant pour interdire les bombes à fragmentation. Je suis profondément heureux que l’Europe ait mené la campagne pour la Convention des Nations unies sur les droits des personnes handicapées. Ce fut là la convention des droits de l’homme la plus rapidement adoptée dans l’histoire des Nations unies. Les Communautés européennes s’y sont engagées pour la première fois. L’année prochaine, laissons les Communautés et les États membres signer le protocole optionnel pour qu’il y ait une procédure de plainte. Montrez-nous que vous êtes toujours à l’écoute."@fr⁸ "Mr President, firstly may I congratulate Mr Coveney. In his report, he has adopted the new approach which we agreed last year, that the work of Parliament, in terms of an annual human rights report, should be to scrutinise what is done by Council and the Commission and advancing what we can do throughout the European Union to promote human rights, not simply acting as a commentary. I thank him and congratulate him for that. I was very sad to hear that he will be pursuing a national parliamentary career in future and not standing again for this Parliament. I just want to place on record that he has been a good champion of human rights and a good colleague of ours. In this debate, I believe we can emphasise that the European Union can do more to promote human rights. Many of us are concerned. Parliament will continue to be intimately involved in ensuring that Europe’s actions and involvement in the UN Human Rights Council are more effective. It has not made the start that we all hoped for. In the resolution, we drew attention to the fact that the Commission is chairing the Kimberley Process. Let us use that to get the independent verification system that the NGOs called for by St Valentine’s Day 2007, which was a good aim. We welcome the fact that after our criticisms of Europe’s position vis-à-vis Belarus and the ILO last year, and given the attacks and harassment of trade unionists, the Commission has now recommended pulling out of trade preferences for Belarus. You have listened. Thank you for that. We can do more. On human rights treaties, we are concerned about cluster bombs. Many European countries, led by Belgium and including, I am pleased to say, my own country the United Kingdom, now support a binding treaty to ban cluster bombs. I am deeply happy that Europe has led the campaign for the UN Convention on disabled people’s rights. That was the fastest agreed human rights convention in the UN’s history. The European Communities have signed up to it for the first time. Next year, let the Communities and the Member States sign the optional protocol so that there is a complaints procedure. Show us that you are still listening."@hu¹¹ "Signor Presidente, innanzi tutto desidero congratularmi con l’onorevole Coveney. Nella sua relazione ha adottato la nuova impostazione concordata l’anno scorso, ossia che il ruolo del Parlamento in merito alla relazione annuale sui diritti umani debba essere quello di verificare l’operato del Consiglio e della Commissione e di suggerire quello che si può fare in tutta l’Unione europea per promuovere i diritti umani, senza limitarsi a fornire un commento. Lo ringrazio e mi congratulo per il suo lavoro. Mi è molto spiaciuto sentire che in futuro proseguirà la sua carriera nel parlamento nazionale e non si ripresenterà come candidato per questo Parlamento. Vorrei soltanto che fosse messo a verbale che è stato un grande paladino dei diritti dell’uomo e un ottimo collega di noi tutti. In questa discussione, credo che possiamo sottolineare che l’Unione europea può fare di più per promuovere i diritti umani. Molti di noi sono preoccupati. Il Parlamento continuerà a impegnarsi a fondo per garantire che le iniziative dell’Europa e il suo coinvolgimento nel Consiglio dei diritti dell’uomo delle Nazioni Unite siano più efficaci. L’esordio non è stato all’altezza delle nostre aspettative. Nella risoluzione si richiama l’attenzione sul fatto che la Commissione presiede il processo di Kimberley. Sfruttiamo questa posizione per ottenere il sistema di verifica indipendente auspicato dalle ONG per il giorno di San Valentino 2007, che era un obiettivo valido. Apprezziamo il fatto che, dopo le nostre critiche sulla posizione dell’Europa nei confronti della Bielorussia e dell’OIL lo scorso anno, e alla luce degli attacchi e delle violenze contro sindacalisti, la Commissione ha raccomandato di revocare le preferenze commerciali a favore della Bielorussia. Ci avete ascoltato e vi ringraziamo per questo. Ma possiamo fare di più. Riguardo ai trattati sui diritti umani, ci preoccupa la questione delle bombe a grappolo. Un gruppo di paesi europei guidato dal Belgio e che comprende, sono lieto di dirlo, anche il mio paese, il Regno Unito, ora sostiene un trattato vincolante che vieta le bombe a grappolo. Sono veramente felice che l’Europa abbia condotto la campagna per la Convenzione ONU sui diritti delle persone disabili. Si è trattato della convenzione sui diritti umani approvata più rapidamente nella storia dell’ONU. Le Comunità europee l’hanno sottoscritta per la prima volta. E’ opportuno che il prossimo anno le Comunità e gli Stati membri firmino il protocollo facoltativo, per garantire la presenza di una procedura di reclamo. Dimostrateci che ci state ancora ascoltando."@it¹² "Mr President, firstly may I congratulate Mr Coveney. In his report, he has adopted the new approach which we agreed last year, that the work of Parliament, in terms of an annual human rights report, should be to scrutinise what is done by Council and the Commission and advancing what we can do throughout the European Union to promote human rights, not simply acting as a commentary. I thank him and congratulate him for that. I was very sad to hear that he will be pursuing a national parliamentary career in future and not standing again for this Parliament. I just want to place on record that he has been a good champion of human rights and a good colleague of ours. In this debate, I believe we can emphasise that the European Union can do more to promote human rights. Many of us are concerned. Parliament will continue to be intimately involved in ensuring that Europe’s actions and involvement in the UN Human Rights Council are more effective. It has not made the start that we all hoped for. In the resolution, we drew attention to the fact that the Commission is chairing the Kimberley Process. Let us use that to get the independent verification system that the NGOs called for by St Valentine’s Day 2007, which was a good aim. We welcome the fact that after our criticisms of Europe’s position vis-à-vis Belarus and the ILO last year, and given the attacks and harassment of trade unionists, the Commission has now recommended pulling out of trade preferences for Belarus. You have listened. Thank you for that. We can do more. On human rights treaties, we are concerned about cluster bombs. Many European countries, led by Belgium and including, I am pleased to say, my own country the United Kingdom, now support a binding treaty to ban cluster bombs. I am deeply happy that Europe has led the campaign for the UN Convention on disabled people’s rights. That was the fastest agreed human rights convention in the UN’s history. The European Communities have signed up to it for the first time. Next year, let the Communities and the Member States sign the optional protocol so that there is a complaints procedure. Show us that you are still listening."@lt¹⁴ "Mr President, firstly may I congratulate Mr Coveney. In his report, he has adopted the new approach which we agreed last year, that the work of Parliament, in terms of an annual human rights report, should be to scrutinise what is done by Council and the Commission and advancing what we can do throughout the European Union to promote human rights, not simply acting as a commentary. I thank him and congratulate him for that. I was very sad to hear that he will be pursuing a national parliamentary career in future and not standing again for this Parliament. I just want to place on record that he has been a good champion of human rights and a good colleague of ours. In this debate, I believe we can emphasise that the European Union can do more to promote human rights. Many of us are concerned. Parliament will continue to be intimately involved in ensuring that Europe’s actions and involvement in the UN Human Rights Council are more effective. It has not made the start that we all hoped for. In the resolution, we drew attention to the fact that the Commission is chairing the Kimberley Process. Let us use that to get the independent verification system that the NGOs called for by St Valentine’s Day 2007, which was a good aim. We welcome the fact that after our criticisms of Europe’s position vis-à-vis Belarus and the ILO last year, and given the attacks and harassment of trade unionists, the Commission has now recommended pulling out of trade preferences for Belarus. You have listened. Thank you for that. We can do more. On human rights treaties, we are concerned about cluster bombs. Many European countries, led by Belgium and including, I am pleased to say, my own country the United Kingdom, now support a binding treaty to ban cluster bombs. I am deeply happy that Europe has led the campaign for the UN Convention on disabled people’s rights. That was the fastest agreed human rights convention in the UN’s history. The European Communities have signed up to it for the first time. Next year, let the Communities and the Member States sign the optional protocol so that there is a complaints procedure. Show us that you are still listening."@lv¹³ "Mr President, firstly may I congratulate Mr Coveney. In his report, he has adopted the new approach which we agreed last year, that the work of Parliament, in terms of an annual human rights report, should be to scrutinise what is done by Council and the Commission and advancing what we can do throughout the European Union to promote human rights, not simply acting as a commentary. I thank him and congratulate him for that. I was very sad to hear that he will be pursuing a national parliamentary career in future and not standing again for this Parliament. I just want to place on record that he has been a good champion of human rights and a good colleague of ours. In this debate, I believe we can emphasise that the European Union can do more to promote human rights. Many of us are concerned. Parliament will continue to be intimately involved in ensuring that Europe’s actions and involvement in the UN Human Rights Council are more effective. It has not made the start that we all hoped for. In the resolution, we drew attention to the fact that the Commission is chairing the Kimberley Process. Let us use that to get the independent verification system that the NGOs called for by St Valentine’s Day 2007, which was a good aim. We welcome the fact that after our criticisms of Europe’s position vis-à-vis Belarus and the ILO last year, and given the attacks and harassment of trade unionists, the Commission has now recommended pulling out of trade preferences for Belarus. You have listened. Thank you for that. We can do more. On human rights treaties, we are concerned about cluster bombs. Many European countries, led by Belgium and including, I am pleased to say, my own country the United Kingdom, now support a binding treaty to ban cluster bombs. I am deeply happy that Europe has led the campaign for the UN Convention on disabled people’s rights. That was the fastest agreed human rights convention in the UN’s history. The European Communities have signed up to it for the first time. Next year, let the Communities and the Member States sign the optional protocol so that there is a complaints procedure. Show us that you are still listening."@mt¹⁵ "Mijnheer de Voorzitter, om te beginnen wil ik de heer Coveney gelukwensen. In zijn verslag heeft hij voor de innovatieve aanpak gekozen waarover we het vorig jaar eens waren geworden, in de zin dat het de taak van het Parlement moet zijn, in het kader van een jaarverslag over de mensenrechten, om de activiteiten van de Raad en de Commissie aan een kritische analyse te onderwerpen en de bevordering van de mensenrechten binnen de hele Europese Unie een stap verder te brengen, en dus niet alleen om vanaf de zijlijn commentaar te geven. Ik wil hem daarvoor bedanken. Ik vind het een verlies dat hij in de toekomst een carrière in zijn nationale parlement gaat nastreven en zich niet meer verkiesbaar zal stellen voor dit Parlement. Ik wil hier officieel verklaren dat hij een goede voorvechter van de mensenrechten en een goede collega is geweest. Ik denk dat we in dit debat nadrukkelijk kunnen stellen dat de Europese Unie meer kan doen om de mensenrechten te bevorderen. Velen van ons maken zich zorgen. Het Parlement zal nauw betrokken blijven bij het effectiever maken van het optreden van Europa en de rol die Europa in de Mensenrechtenraad van de Verenigde Naties speelt. Die raad heeft niet de start gemaakt waar we allemaal op gehoopt hadden. In de resolutie wijzen we op het feit dat de Commissie voorzitter van het Kimberley-proces is. Laten we dat gebruiken om het onafhankelijke verificatiesysteem in te voeren waar de NGO’s op Valentijnsdag 2007 om hebben gevraagd, want dat is een goede doelstelling. We verwelkomen het feit dat de Commissie na onze kritiek van vorig jaar op de houding van Europa tegenover Wit-Rusland en de ILO, en gegeven de aanvallen op en intimidatie van vakbondsleden, nu heeft aanbevolen om de handelspreferenties voor Wit-Rusland in te trekken. U hebt geluisterd; dank u daarvoor, maar we kunnen meer doen. In het kader van de mensenrechtenverdragen maken wij ons zorgen over clusterbommen. Onder aanvoering van België zijn veel Europese landen, waaronder tot mijn grote genoegen ook mijn eigen land, het Verenigd Koninkrijk, nu voorstander van een bindend verdrag om clusterbommen te verbieden. Ik ben zeer ingenomen met het feit dat Europa de campagne voor het VN-Verdrag inzake de rechten van mensen met een handicap heeft geleid. Nooit eerder in de geschiedenis van de VN is zo snel overeenstemming bereikt over een mensenrechtenverdrag. Voor het eerst hebben de Europese Gemeenschappen het verdrag ondertekend. Laten de Gemeenschappen en de lidstaten volgend jaar het facultatieve protocol ondertekenen, zodat er een klachtenprocedure kan worden ingesteld. Laat ons zien dat u blijft luisteren."@nl³ "Mr President, firstly may I congratulate Mr Coveney. In his report, he has adopted the new approach which we agreed last year, that the work of Parliament, in terms of an annual human rights report, should be to scrutinise what is done by Council and the Commission and advancing what we can do throughout the European Union to promote human rights, not simply acting as a commentary. I thank him and congratulate him for that. I was very sad to hear that he will be pursuing a national parliamentary career in future and not standing again for this Parliament. I just want to place on record that he has been a good champion of human rights and a good colleague of ours. In this debate, I believe we can emphasise that the European Union can do more to promote human rights. Many of us are concerned. Parliament will continue to be intimately involved in ensuring that Europe’s actions and involvement in the UN Human Rights Council are more effective. It has not made the start that we all hoped for. In the resolution, we drew attention to the fact that the Commission is chairing the Kimberley Process. Let us use that to get the independent verification system that the NGOs called for by St Valentine’s Day 2007, which was a good aim. We welcome the fact that after our criticisms of Europe’s position vis-à-vis Belarus and the ILO last year, and given the attacks and harassment of trade unionists, the Commission has now recommended pulling out of trade preferences for Belarus. You have listened. Thank you for that. We can do more. On human rights treaties, we are concerned about cluster bombs. Many European countries, led by Belgium and including, I am pleased to say, my own country the United Kingdom, now support a binding treaty to ban cluster bombs. I am deeply happy that Europe has led the campaign for the UN Convention on disabled people’s rights. That was the fastest agreed human rights convention in the UN’s history. The European Communities have signed up to it for the first time. Next year, let the Communities and the Member States sign the optional protocol so that there is a complaints procedure. Show us that you are still listening."@pl¹⁶ "Senhor Presidente, antes de mais permitam-me que felicite o senhor deputado Coveney. No seu relatório adoptou a nova abordagem que acordámos no ano passado, a saber, que o trabalho do Parlamento, no que respeita ao relatório anual sobre direitos humanos, deverá ser o de avaliar a actuação do Conselho e da Comissão e enumerar o que podemos fazer em toda a União Europeia para promover os direitos humanos, sem nos ficarmos apenas pelas declarações. Agradeço-lhe e felicito-o por isso. Entristeceu-me saber que, de futuro, seguirá a sua carreira como parlamentar a nível nacional e não se candidatará de novo a este Parlamento. Gostaria apenas de deixar registado que tem sido um bom defensor dos direitos humanos e um excelente colega. Neste debate, considero que cabe referir que a União Europeia pode fazer mais pela promoção dos direitos humanos. Muitos de nós sentem preocupação. O Parlamento continuará intimamente empenhado em garantir que as acções da Europa e o envolvimento no Conselho dos Direitos Humanos da ONU sejam mais eficazes. Não começou tão bem como esperávamos. Na resolução, chamámos a atenção para o facto de a Comissão deter a presidência do processo de Kimberley. Usemos essa presidência para conseguir o sistema de verificação independente que as ONG solicitaram no dia de São Valentim de 2007, o que é um bom objectivo. Congratulamo-nos com o facto de, depois de criticarmos a posição da Europa relativamente à Bielorrússia e à Organização Internacional do Trabalho (OIT) e tendo em conta os ataques e assédio aos sindicatos, a Comissão ter agora recomendado a retirada das preferências comerciais à Bielorrússia. Ouviram-nos. Agradeço por isso. Podemos fazer mais. Em matéria de tratados respeitantes aos direitos humanos, preocupam-nos as bombas de fragmentação. Muitos países europeus, liderados pela Bélgica e incluindo, digo-o com satisfação, o meu próprio país, o Reino Unido, apoiam agora um tratado vinculativo para a proibição de bombas de fragmentação. Regozijo-me por a Europa ter liderado a campanha para a Convenção das Nações Unidas dos Direitos das Pessoas Portadoras de Deficiência. O acordo quanto a esta convenção foi o mais rápido da história da ONU. Pela primeira vez, as Comunidades Europeias assinaram-na. No próximo ano, é preciso que as Comunidades e os Estados-Membros assinem o protocolo opcional para que possa existir um procedimento de queixas. Mostrem que continuam a ouvir-nos."@pt¹⁷ "Mr President, firstly may I congratulate Mr Coveney. In his report, he has adopted the new approach which we agreed last year, that the work of Parliament, in terms of an annual human rights report, should be to scrutinise what is done by Council and the Commission and advancing what we can do throughout the European Union to promote human rights, not simply acting as a commentary. I thank him and congratulate him for that. I was very sad to hear that he will be pursuing a national parliamentary career in future and not standing again for this Parliament. I just want to place on record that he has been a good champion of human rights and a good colleague of ours. In this debate, I believe we can emphasise that the European Union can do more to promote human rights. Many of us are concerned. Parliament will continue to be intimately involved in ensuring that Europe’s actions and involvement in the UN Human Rights Council are more effective. It has not made the start that we all hoped for. In the resolution, we drew attention to the fact that the Commission is chairing the Kimberley Process. Let us use that to get the independent verification system that the NGOs called for by St Valentine’s Day 2007, which was a good aim. We welcome the fact that after our criticisms of Europe’s position vis-à-vis Belarus and the ILO last year, and given the attacks and harassment of trade unionists, the Commission has now recommended pulling out of trade preferences for Belarus. You have listened. Thank you for that. We can do more. On human rights treaties, we are concerned about cluster bombs. Many European countries, led by Belgium and including, I am pleased to say, my own country the United Kingdom, now support a binding treaty to ban cluster bombs. I am deeply happy that Europe has led the campaign for the UN Convention on disabled people’s rights. That was the fastest agreed human rights convention in the UN’s history. The European Communities have signed up to it for the first time. Next year, let the Communities and the Member States sign the optional protocol so that there is a complaints procedure. Show us that you are still listening."@ro¹⁸ "Mr President, firstly may I congratulate Mr Coveney. In his report, he has adopted the new approach which we agreed last year, that the work of Parliament, in terms of an annual human rights report, should be to scrutinise what is done by Council and the Commission and advancing what we can do throughout the European Union to promote human rights, not simply acting as a commentary. I thank him and congratulate him for that. I was very sad to hear that he will be pursuing a national parliamentary career in future and not standing again for this Parliament. I just want to place on record that he has been a good champion of human rights and a good colleague of ours. In this debate, I believe we can emphasise that the European Union can do more to promote human rights. Many of us are concerned. Parliament will continue to be intimately involved in ensuring that Europe’s actions and involvement in the UN Human Rights Council are more effective. It has not made the start that we all hoped for. In the resolution, we drew attention to the fact that the Commission is chairing the Kimberley Process. Let us use that to get the independent verification system that the NGOs called for by St Valentine’s Day 2007, which was a good aim. We welcome the fact that after our criticisms of Europe’s position vis-à-vis Belarus and the ILO last year, and given the attacks and harassment of trade unionists, the Commission has now recommended pulling out of trade preferences for Belarus. You have listened. Thank you for that. We can do more. On human rights treaties, we are concerned about cluster bombs. Many European countries, led by Belgium and including, I am pleased to say, my own country the United Kingdom, now support a binding treaty to ban cluster bombs. I am deeply happy that Europe has led the campaign for the UN Convention on disabled people’s rights. That was the fastest agreed human rights convention in the UN’s history. The European Communities have signed up to it for the first time. Next year, let the Communities and the Member States sign the optional protocol so that there is a complaints procedure. Show us that you are still listening."@sk¹⁹ "Mr President, firstly may I congratulate Mr Coveney. In his report, he has adopted the new approach which we agreed last year, that the work of Parliament, in terms of an annual human rights report, should be to scrutinise what is done by Council and the Commission and advancing what we can do throughout the European Union to promote human rights, not simply acting as a commentary. I thank him and congratulate him for that. I was very sad to hear that he will be pursuing a national parliamentary career in future and not standing again for this Parliament. I just want to place on record that he has been a good champion of human rights and a good colleague of ours. In this debate, I believe we can emphasise that the European Union can do more to promote human rights. Many of us are concerned. Parliament will continue to be intimately involved in ensuring that Europe’s actions and involvement in the UN Human Rights Council are more effective. It has not made the start that we all hoped for. In the resolution, we drew attention to the fact that the Commission is chairing the Kimberley Process. Let us use that to get the independent verification system that the NGOs called for by St Valentine’s Day 2007, which was a good aim. We welcome the fact that after our criticisms of Europe’s position vis-à-vis Belarus and the ILO last year, and given the attacks and harassment of trade unionists, the Commission has now recommended pulling out of trade preferences for Belarus. You have listened. Thank you for that. We can do more. On human rights treaties, we are concerned about cluster bombs. Many European countries, led by Belgium and including, I am pleased to say, my own country the United Kingdom, now support a binding treaty to ban cluster bombs. I am deeply happy that Europe has led the campaign for the UN Convention on disabled people’s rights. That was the fastest agreed human rights convention in the UN’s history. The European Communities have signed up to it for the first time. Next year, let the Communities and the Member States sign the optional protocol so that there is a complaints procedure. Show us that you are still listening."@sl²⁰ "Herr talman! Låt mig först och främst gratulera Simon Coveney. I sitt betänkande har han antagit den nya strategi som vi godkände förra året, dvs. att parlamentets arbete med den årliga rapporten om mänskliga rättigheter ska bestå i att granska vad som görs av rådet och kommissionen samt att främja det vi kan göra över hela EU för att verka för mänskliga rättigheter. Rapporten ska inte bara vara en redogörelse. Jag tackar honom och gratulerar honom till detta. Det var tråkigt att höra att han hädanefter kommer att ägna sig åt en nationell parlamentarisk karriär och inte ställer upp på nytt för detta parlament. Jag vill bara ta till protokollet att han har varit en god försvarare av de mänskliga rättigheterna och en bra kollega till oss alla. I denna debatt anser jag att vi bör betona att EU kan göra mer för att främja mänskliga rättigheter. Flera av oss är bekymrade. Parlamentet kommer att fortsätta att aktivt delta för att se till att EU:s åtgärder och delaktighet i FN:s råd för mänskliga rättigheter blir mer effektivt. Rådet har inte fått den start som vi alla hade hoppats på. I resolutionen framhöll vi att kommissionen leder Kimberleyprocessen. Låt oss utnyttja detta för att få det oberoende kontrollsystem som efterlystes av icke-statliga organisationer i samband med Alla hjärtans dag 2007, vilket var en positiv målsättning. Vi välkomnar att kommissionen, till följd av vår kritik mot EU:s ståndpunkt gentemot Vitryssland och ILO förra året och mot bakgrund av attackerna och trakasserierna mot fackföreningsmedlemmar, nu har rekommenderat att man drar tillbaka de handelsförmåner som man beviljat Vitryssland. Ni har lyssnat. Tack för det. Vi kan göra ännu mer. När det gäller konventionerna om mänskliga rättigheter oroas vi över klusterbomber. Flera europeiska länder, med Belgien och bland annat – vilket jag gläds över att säga – mitt eget hemland Förenade kungariket i spetsen, stöder nu ett bindande avtal om att förbjuda klusterbomber. Jag är ytterst glad över att EU har lett kampanjen för FN:s konvention om rättigheter för personer med funktionshinder. Det var den snabbast godkända konventionen för mänskliga rättigheter i FN:s historia. Europeiska gemenskaperna har undertecknat den för första gången. Låt gemenskaperna och medlemsstaterna nästa år underteckna det valfria protokollet, så att vi kan få ett förfarande för klagomål. Visa oss att ni fortfarande lyssnar."@sv²²
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