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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Result of the preparatory meeting for the Johannesburg Summit (Bali, 27 May – 7 June 2002)2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020611.9.2-173"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-11-Speech-2-1742
lpv:speaker	lp:Joaquim Miranda2
lpv:spokenAs	chair; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-22--2004-01-31)3,3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-01-31)3,3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (1999-07-20--2004-01-31)3,3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2002-01-22--2004-01-31)3,3 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) (2002-02-06--2004-01-31)3,3 member; EUL/NGL (2002-03-06--2004-01-31)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in the last part-session I stated that Monterrey did not augur well for the Johannesburg Summit. Now, the Bali preparatory meeting has not only confirmed this but seems to have actually consolidated this sad observation. Johannesburg, therefore, is at risk of being a total failure, with extremely damaging consequences for the environment, for the poor countries and for the planet as a whole. We need only bear in mind that around one hundred items on the agenda have still not been agreed on, notably as a result of the intransigent and inflexible position of the United States. Given this scenario, which we must counter, the issue we need to address today is what the position of the European Union and all the Member States will be; what position they will be adopting in the preparatory phase of the summit itself. And, crucially, whether they will fall in line with the unacceptable position of the United States, which is provocatively intransigent, if we consider the recent measures of agricultural protectionism they have adopted; or whether, instead, they will be prepared to follow on from the Rio Summit, both in the field of practical aid for development and for fighting poverty, and in terms of effectively protecting the environment. The profound contradictions that became evident in Bali, and which must be overcome, require determination and clear and judicious proposals that do not link trade with development, which seems to be a consequence of the intention to end our own Development Council. Incidentally, I must say that Johannesburg cannot be seen simply as an extension of Doha and that these measures cannot, of course, consider the environment simply to be a business, as the United States claim. We must bear in mind that failure in Johannesburg will threaten the reasonable expectations raised in Rio. The European Union, therefore, has an obligation to commit itself wholeheartedly to adopting a constructive position and strategy, which are already long overdue, given that we only have a few weeks before the summit is to start."@en1

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