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dcterms:Date	"2003-03-12"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20030312.1.3-027"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Cecilia Malmström2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-06--2004-04-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, in my own country, Sweden, a priest proposed yesterday that, in order to avoid war, someone should be paid to kill Saddam Hussein. That is perhaps a rather bizarre message, coming from a representative of the Church of Sweden, but the idea of a regicide in the service of the people is otherwise quite an old one. Certainly, some of us have had these thoughts in secret, but this type of murder cannot of course be committed. It would be contrary to international law. The war could nonetheless perhaps be stopped if Saddam Hussein were to resign or go into exile. The discussions now being conducted within the Arab world to induce Saddam Hussein to resign are extremely interesting. We hope, of course, that an international court will be able to hold Saddam accountable for his crimes. If the clock could be turned back, there is a lot in the Iraqi conflict that could have been done differently. The Arab world should have been involved much earlier in the discussion of the future of the of the Middle East. The United States, the EU and the UN Security Council ought to have shown greater commitment to solving the conflict between Israel and Palestine. The peace talks must begin again. Otherwise, we shall never win the fight against terrorism. Now, the drumbeats of war can be heard. The view of the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party is still that the weapons inspectors must be allowed to continue with their work for as long as their efforts are meaningful and for as long as they are making progress. The progress that has been made has been due not to Saddam Hussein’s having become willing to cooperate but to the resolutions and the threat of military force. We must never forget that it is Saddam Hussein who must prove that he does not have weapons, not the UN which must find them. Hopefully, war can still be averted. It is our view that if, in fact, any military decisions are to be taken, they must be taken by the UN Security Council. The UN is, however, seriously wounded at present. The horse trading that is going on in order to convince countries to vote yes or no in the Security Council is pathetic and damages the entire international community. When the permanent members quarrel, these difficult decisions are left to countries such as Ghana, Cameroon and Angola. This is unreasonable and frightening, and it undermines the UN’s credibility. Substantial reform is becoming a matter of ever greater urgency. The UN is divided, as are NATO and the EU, and transatlantic relations are damaged. The only person to delight in the fact is the dictator in Baghdad."@en1
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