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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-04-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010405.10.4-203"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-04-05-Speech-4-2042
lpv:speaker	lp:Joost Lagendijk2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 unknown; GroenLinks (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as Mr Swiebel asserted a moment ago, the statements by the Namibian President, Sam Nujoma, regarding homosexuals in Namibia, are nothing short of a witch-hunt. Sexual orientation towards people of the same sex is of all times and all cultures. Discrimination against, and persecution of, people with this orientation who openly acknowledge it are no longer of all times and all cultures. Fortunately, there is a steady decrease in discrimination in a large number of countries. Incitement to exclude, and use violence against, people of this orientation is increasingly becoming less acceptable. A good example is South Africa. After the apartheid regime was abolished, a clause was included in the constitution which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The argument used by the Namibian President that homosexuality is a Western phenomenon, an aberration of the West, is a nonsense argument. He only needs to look at his South African neighbours, something which, in fact, his colleagues Mr Mugabe and Mr Museveni should also do."@en1

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