Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-06-14-Speech-4-184"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Angola2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010614.10.4-184"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-14-Speech-4-1852
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Volksunie (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-19--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this is the umpteenth time we have discussed Angola. The war has been going on for twenty-five years; and again we are about to vote on a resolution. Surely we must ask ourselves the question whether sufficient efforts are being made for peace. I welcome the fact that the Swedish Presidency has applied itself to this question and provided a declaration. I wonder, however, whether the two sides – and I mean both the government of Mr dos Santos and UNITA – are not actually doing their level best to prolong the war. This is a war that is fed by a stream of smuggled diamonds and oil: sufficient to buy vast quantities of arms and hold the civilian population hostage. I consider this war to be making a mockery of our civilisation. I should therefore also like to ask that the recommendations again recorded in this resolution, be followed up both by the Commission and by the Council, so that it can be monitored whether the will for peace is really increasing. Of course we welcome the fact that statements have recently been made both by President dos Santos and by the leadership of UNITA expressing the intention to start a dialogue. However, we see that the civilian population is being harassed time and time again. There are the kidnappings by a new movement, again calling itself a rebel movement. There are the new minefields. There are the attacks on towns and the constant attacks on the civilian population; and those who live in those parts know that meanwhile in the bars on the borders the soldiers are trading with each other. What cynicism!"@en1

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