Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-04-13-Speech-4-160"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-04-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Chechnya2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000413.6.4-160"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-04-13-Speech-4-1612
lpv:speaker	lp:Cecilia Malmström2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ten days ago, the UN’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, returned home from a visit to Russia where she was to investigate the situation in Chechnya in regard to human rights abuses. Mary Robinson obtained limited access. She was not allowed to meet the Russian President and was treated in a most humiliating way. In her report to the UN’s session on human rights in Geneva, Mrs Robinson reported on individual testimonies concerning very serious crimes which had been committed in Chechnya. The witnesses she had met had told of murders of civilians, summary trials, executions, rapes, torture and kidnappings. Domestic affairs can never be pleaded as an excuse for atrocities of this kind. We have a global responsibility to defend basic rights. Abuses of these cannot – must not – be seen as internal matters. The UN’s High Commissioner must continue to be supported in his work. The European Parliament has, on a number of occasions, expressed concern about the situation in Chechnya. We support the Council of Europe’s decision of last week to suspend Russia if no appropriate measures are taken. For a liberal, considerations of trade and short-term benefits cannot come before the defence of human rights. We would therefore react vigorously to these atrocities, but we also see it as very important to cooperate with democratic forces in Russia and with the new government. We therefore hope that we can organise a joint delegation from the European Parliament and the Russian Duma to travel to Chechnya and, there on the spot, engage in discussions, conduct investigations and bring about a dialogue. We presume that Russia will be of assistance and allow the delegation to travel freely. We also hope that the EU can eventually contribute to a reconstruction programme in the region."@en1

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