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"Mr President, the European Union brought women’s rights throughout the world to the fore in New York. They were tough negotiations, which is why the Portuguese Presidency deserves special thanks for speaking not only on behalf of the 15 Member States, but also on behalf of the associated countries, with the exception of Poland, as do the Commission and the Commissioner and her negotiators, who worked together with the Parliament delegation in an exemplary manner. That is most unusual, so here too special thanks. And fruitful collaboration with non-governmental organisations also strengthened the position of the European Union. Our unity allowed our opinion to prevail in the progressive countries and to make significant progress in the twelve crucial areas.
At no time did the European Union brook any watering down of the Beijing action platform, although it is, of course, a pity here that we did not have a resounding success on every count and that the clear language in Article 13 on non-discrimination and sexual rights is not reproduced in the outcome document from New York. As already mentioned, we have the fundamentalist countries of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and even the Vatican to thank for that.
But this should not blind us to the fact that we really moved forward with women’s rights in New York and made significant progress in the areas already mentioned. We now have specific measures in place in many countries to combat the cruel practice of genital mutilation, the issue of HIV/AIDS was addressed and the role of women in the peace process, ignored hitherto, was recognised as an issue. The fight against violence was put on every country’s agenda. Access to capital, the role of men – very important, we would like to see more men taking part in the process – still need to be promoted.
We tabled our document, our report, in New York as an official UN document, another major success. I think the resolutions of Parliament and our progress in the European Union, Parliament’s progress, are now accessible to every country. We were very successful with the initiative to invite parliamentarians twice and have speeded up the implementation of the action platform.
We came to the clear conclusion with our partners from associated countries that we need to work together more closely in order to promote women’s rights. We want to have a parliamentarians’ conference in two years to review Beijing. We insist on another world women’s conference in five years to ensure that the process continues. We must all make a joint effort to ensure that the subject of gender mainstreaming, equal opportunities for men and women, stars on the world political agenda. It is in our interest to fight for this. I think, and this is my personal opinion, that it is also in our interest to fight to ensure that this happens in Eastern Europe."@en1
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