Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-04-Speech-4-147"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011004.6.4-147"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-04-Speech-4-1482
lpv:speaker	lp:Bart Staes2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegations to the parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations for relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Volksunie (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to fully endorse Mr Swoboda's words. I am the chairman of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Uzbekistan. Please allow me to give a personal account today. Last June I spent an entire week travelling around Uzbekistan with a European Parliament delegation. We visited the Karakalpakstan region, the region where they are struggling with the serious problems of the Aral Sea. The situation there is disastrous. Commissioner, could I have your attention for a moment? We met the people there. We met the relief workers. They expressed their thanks to our delegation, they spoke to us and they gave us messages, but they also told us: We have seen so very many delegations come and go. When will something finally be done about the water problem in our region? When will the European Community, when will the whole international community help us to actually do something together with the other countries in this region? The situation there is disastrous, including in the area of public health. Mr Wiebenga and I visited the local hospital in Nukus where patients with TB are treated. The situation there is degrading. The sewers in the basement are broken. They are absolutely overflowing with human excrement. There are mosquitoes flying around. The stench there is unbearable. Patients have to keep the flies and mosquitoes off their bodies, with the result that patients who should really be staying for three months leave. They go home. They infect members of their families. They infect other people around them. I believe that as an international community we must take our responsibility seriously. I therefore hope that the Commissioner will be able to promise us some concrete measures soon. Otherwise the text of the resolution that is before us receives my unqualified support."@en1

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