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"Mr President, I might well continue where my fellow MEP, Mrs Theorin, left off. It is as if many of the things we take very seriously when we make speeches are not really taken seriously in practice. Women’s rights and legal position are among these things. Others are international law and human rights. When the talk turns to Afghanistan, I find myself thinking automatically of those people, including European citizens, who are imprisoned in Guantánamo. What has become of their rights? What legal system do they come under? None at all. The United States does not respect international law – of that we are well aware – but nor does it respect its own law. I find it bizarre that we have a resolution by Parliament that takes no account at all of the fact that a number of European citizens are in a prison camp and that we do not know for how long they will be there, what their future prospects are and what legal system they come under. I also find this in stark contrast to the fact that, in other situations, there is a demand that international law be complied with. A very good example is Iraq, which we demand comply with international stipulations and UN resolutions. In that way, we give people the impression – in Afghanistan too – that there are two standards in this world, namely that which we demand that they themselves uphold and that which we, for our part, are willing to uphold, because it is we who have the power and thus, in our view, also the right to make demands.
Another area in which we face similar problems is in relation to the massacre in Mazar-i-Sharif. There is quite a lot to suggest that there were American soldiers present. Some people maintain that they took part in the massacre. There is much, however, to suggest that they were present. That being said, we are doing nothing to have this matter thoroughly investigated and have the people responsible brought to trial. I think these double standards are causing us problems. They make matters more difficult in relation to Afghanistan and the Afghan people."@en1
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