Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-01-16-Speech-4-108"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Humanitarian crisis in North Korea2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030116.7.4-108"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-16-Speech-4-1092
lpv:speaker	lp:Jas Gawronski2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-04-04--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, various breaches of human rights in North Korea have been mentioned here, breaches which offend our moral sense and our concept of civilisation. After visiting that country three times, however, I believe the most aberrant, most monstrous kind of breach of human rights is the fact that, if today North Korea held free, democratic elections as we do, the current leader, Kim Jong–Il, would win them. This shows, first, the terrible ability of the North Korean leadership to keep their country isolated from any external interference – and in today’s globalised world that is not easy – and, secondly, the degree of capitulation and humiliation to which the population has been reduced. The violations and violence not only affect their bodies, through hunger and the concentration camps, but also their minds, for they have been brainwashed and left unable to think, as in the Soviet gulags; the North Koreans have been reduced to sheep that follow their leader blindly. This barbarous and, at the same time, grotesque regime must be contained. I am one of those that believe that the United States’ policy is right, especially in the last few days: they have moderated their demands, they have avoided a crisis with South Korea and they have made overtures to China, a key country for resolving the crisis in the area. The contribution that Europe can make, that we can make, is only minor on the political front, I am sorry to say. We can and must do more on a humanitarian level: we must send aid, certainly, but we must also make sure (as has been said so many times) that it gets into the right hands, the hands of those that need it. Despite all the declarations and personal statements given on this, I am not at all certain that there is any guarantee of this today. I would very much like there to be, and I would very much like the Commission to be able to give us this assurance."@en1

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