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"Mr President, I think we can conclude today that there is huge agreement between the Council and Parliament on this matter. Europe as a whole urges the Americans to reconsider this matter. We cannot understand the Americans, and we appeal to them as friends. We view the matter very seriously. We shall do everything to influence the United States, and I am able to inform Mrs Mann that the Council did in fact use its Early Warning System, but that, in the event, it did not work. The Council and its members are now continuing the work, for example during the UN General Assembly in New York.
I am pleased that so many people have also mentioned the common values that link the two sides of the Atlantic. We must not impute more far-reaching motives to the United States than it actually possesses. We must also note that the United States has clearly repudiated all notions of an invasion of the Netherlands. Nor has the United States expressed any desire to undermine the International Criminal Court.
Our task now is to maintain the firm support that exists for the International Criminal Court and to ensure that it is able to function and that the UN peacekeeping operations can continue to be carried out effectively, that is to say with American participation.
As regards the pressing problem of the UN police force in Bosnia, we have, as is well known, agreed to take over the force on 1 January 2003, and I should like to say to Mr Lagendijk that if, as a result of this conflict, we were to take over the police force earlier, the Council would also find the money to do so.
I would turn last of all to Mrs Mann whose commitment in the US delegation I myself have witnessed. There are good reasons why the US delegation should consider how the Early Warning System discussed in this delegation can be improved. The initiative we are debating today came of course from the US parliament – or, rather, Congress – and I therefore think that all Mrs Mann’s observations were particularly relevant. I must otherwise refrain from giving Parliament good advice, however. I just wanted to commend both Mrs Mann and the efforts being made in Parliament’s US delegation to improve relations with the American Congress."@en1
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