Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-01-20-Speech-4-173"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-01-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Venezuela2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000120.11.4-173"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-01-20-Speech-4-1742
lpv:speaker	lp:Isidoro Sánchez García2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2003-03-19)3 substitute; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Coalicion Canaria (1999-07-20--2003-03-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, for we citizens who live in the Canary Islands, one of the European Union’s outermost regions, everything that happens in Venezuela affects us significantly, since thousands of people from the Canary Islands had to emigrate to that country in the middle of the last century, and in that respect we regard Venezuela as our eighth island. Therefore, we have been greatly affected by this disaster in Venezuela, in the states of Vargas and Miranda, in the middle of last December, as a result of torrential rain, avalanches and floods on the Venezuelan coast, at the foot of Ávila, a national park where I have had the opportunity to work professionally. The human losses were high, as well as the number of injuries, while the material loss amounts to thousands of millions of euros. We all reacted to the enormity of the disaster, from Europe and from America, with humanitarian aid and economic support, with exemplary solidarity, that is to say, there was a speedy international response on all levels, including the European Commission, certain Member States and some Spanish communities having family ties with Venezuela. Having overcome this initial phase, and despite other natural dangers over recent days, it has become more necessary than ever to rehabilitate and reconstruct the damaged housing, facilities and infrastructures – as well as to make the relevant hydrological corrections – and to support the victims of this natural disaster, both morally and economically, since this disaster is one of the most serious tragedies to have hit Latin America, and Venezuela in particular, in recent years. For these reasons, we have all presented a motion for a resolution aimed at producing, basically on the part of the European Union, a technical and financial cooperation plan, amongst other things, in coordination with the Member States and other institutions, which will provide relief and compensation for the effects of this natural disaster. I can guarantee that, on this occasion, the disaster in Venezuela has genuinely become a ‘topical and urgent subject of major importance’."@en1

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