Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-09-15-Speech-3-164"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-09-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in East Timor (continued)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19990915.11.3-164"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-09-15-Speech-3-1652
lpv:speaker	lp:José Pacheco Pereira2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-president; European Parliament (1999-07-20--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--1999-10-11)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (1999-07-20--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like firstly, as a member of this Parliament’s mission sent to observe the elections in Timor, to tell you of something I witnessed myself, so that you will all be able to understand what has happened in Timor. Almost all the buildings used by the European Parliament’s delegation in Timor – the houses we slept in, the places where we ate or held meetings – have now been destroyed. Maybe this will give some idea of the scale of events in East Timor. Secondly, from the political point of view, there are various decisive factors in determining our action as an international community. For the international community is not an abstract concept, it consists of us ourselves. The first factor is understanding that what is happening in Timor is not a civil war. Indonesia tried to take us along that path, and only failed because of the presence of international journalists and observers. There is no civil war in Timor. There is a conflict between the Indonesian army and its cohorts – the militias – and the majority of Timor’s population. The second factor is that the Indonesian army has no problems keeping the peace and security situation in Timor under control and never has. We could see that the Indonesian army could quite easily have kept the peace and security situation under control if it had wanted to. The truth is that the army simply did not want to, as it was itself part of the conflict. Finally, – and this is the important thing for the future – the Timor question is not over just because the Security Council has decided to send in peacekeeping forces. We must be aware – and I speak as someone who knows the area – that these forces are going to face opposition, and will probably encounter a much more serious conflict situation than the one encountered by forces in Kosovo. This is why there must be strong political will to support the international community’s next moves to ensure that Indonesia does not impose any conditions on the intervention by these forces and that, however serious the conflict in the region may be, the peace and security of the Timorese should be guaranteed, as well as the humanitarian aid and the development that Timor so desperately needs. This factor of political will is decisive because unfortunately, we will be hearing about Timor for much longer than we would probably like to. ( )"@en1
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