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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991007.4.4-059"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-07-Speech-4-0602
lpv:speaker	lp:Baroness Sarah Ludford2
lpv:spoken text	"The war against Serb ethnic cleansing in Kosovo was a just war. It was fought in the cause of upholding European values. The fact that it was to protect a largely Muslim people – the Kosovo Albanians against oppression and genocide by the Christian Serbs showed that such values are independent of, if certainly influenced by, religious belief. The core of the values we fought for was the right to be different – the right to live in peaceful enjoyment of one’s own culture and identity and to enjoy full civil and political rights and not to be segregated or ghettoised. It would be a betrayal of those who believed in the morality of the war in Kosovo for us now to tolerate discrimination against any minorities there – whether Serb, the subject of my Group’s amendment, or Roma. Of course, we can understand bitter grievances and resentments, but we cannot condone summary justice. We stress here again the need for proper investigation into war crimes. The success of the Austrian Freedom Party last week threatens to contribute to making dangerously populist and xenophobic views respectable in Europe. This resolution signals, not least to the Kosovo Albanians, that Europe does not accept xenophobia in any guise. Europe does not choose to defend certain communities or minorities. It insists on defending everyone’s human rights."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-09-13--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Ludford (ELDR )."1

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