Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-24-Speech-4-181"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Nepal2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021024.10.4-181"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-24-Speech-4-1822
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; G/EFA (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 unknown; België Spirit (2002-01-08--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)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--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it looks as though in Nepal, the very beginning of democracy has been murdered along with King Birendra. The current ruler is concentrating all power in his own hands. The state of emergency has been replaced by a permanent state of absolute power with no real hope of improvement. The rebel movement grows daily because the sense of hopelessness is steadily increasing in the countryside and young people join the rebels. They are fighting a corrupt regime which owns 95% of the country’s wealth. And some of our Member States, including my own, Belgium, are sending weapons to this country. In its earlier resolutions, the European Parliament has rightly urged that Europe should make the effort not just to support democracy but also to ensure that a political solution and negotiations can be achieved, but not that more powerful weapons should be delivered allowing even greater repression. This contravenes the European code of conduct itself. In the last six years alone five thousand people died in Nepal. Yesterday, another 25 were killed in various clashes. I do not care which side the victims come from, what concerns me is that we must strive for a peaceful solution, that the only hope we can give this country is developing its land and providing opportunities for its people. I therefore hope that you will support our amendments which refer to these points. For surely it is unacceptable for there only to be one answer: shooting and killing. We do not think that this is acceptable and we ask your support otherwise we will not be able to endorse this resolution, at least as far as I am concerned."@en1

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