Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-25-Speech-3-206"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Cooperation with ACP countries involved in armed conflicts2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001025.8.3-206"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-25-Speech-3-2072
lpv:speaker	lp:José Pacheco Pereira2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-president; European Parliament (1999-07-20--2002-01-14)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (1999-07-20--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Van Hecke report raises a fundamental question: to what extent is international aid to countries involved in conflicts a factor in these conflicts and to what extent does this aid favour corrupt and belligerent governments? In connection with one of the poorest and most unfortunate areas in the world, I should like to give two examples of the pernicious role played by unconditional international aid. I am referring to one country which has been constantly at war since the 1960s and to another now enjoying a shaky peace, which, perversely, may be threatened by international aid: they are Angola and Mozambique, respectively. In Angola, the government and UNITA are waging one of the cruellest civil wars in Africa, and unfortunately it is clear that international aid to the Luanda government in particular has played a part in perpetuating this conflict. Unfortunately, I am afraid that my own government, the Portuguese Government, is involved in this military effort. In the case of Mozambique, where there is a shaky peace that was only achieved with great difficulty, the ruling party’s use of international aid to favour certain provinces to the detriment of others according to their election results may in itself be a major factor in destroying the peace that was achieved through such efforts a number of years ago, thus reopening the civil conflict in Mozambique. This is an issue that should be of fundamental concern to the European Union and the donor countries: whether in certain countries like Mozambique international aid is being used as an instrument of power to legitimise a government at the edges of democracy, and is thus helping to destroy a very shaky peace. These are issues raised by the report that warrant considerable reflection on our part."@en1
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