Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-04-10-Speech-1-005"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-04-10"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000410.1.1-005"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-04-10-Speech-1-0062
lpv:speaker	lp:Niall Andrews2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, for the past six months to a year, the Committee on Development and Cooperation has been calling on the Commission to do something about the drought in Ethiopia. Nothing has been done although there was an instant reaction from the Commission when the fact that 12 million people are under threat of famine in Ethiopia came to public attention. I suggest that this week, as a matter of urgency, Commissioner Nielson be called to this House to explain the delay by the European Union in responding to a drought that has been continuing for the past three years. We seem to be able to get weapons there for the Eritreans and Ethiopians to continue the war of aggression against each other over nonsensical issues and, at the same time, while the European Union and the Western World export weapons to Ethiopia and to Eritrea, the famine continues and the lives of millions and millions of people are threatened. I have been in this House since 1984, and rarely have I seen such neglect – such wilful neglect – by the European Union in dealing with a famine of this kind that we knew was on our doorstep. It is a great shame that every time an issue like this is raised with Commissioner Nielson, or raised with the Commission, he passes it off as if it did not matter – as if he did not believe this was happening. Commissioner Nielson must come to this House and explain his use of PR men and spin doctors in this disgraceful display of neglect. Despite statements to the contrary, they can most certainly get two billion dollars' worth of weapons into the conflict in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The whole issue is a reflection on the inability of this House to act."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(Applause)"1 "Andrews (UEN )."1

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