Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-05-15-Speech-4-128"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-05-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Democratic Republic of the Congo – the Ituri region2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030515.7.4-128"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-05-15-Speech-4-1292
lpv:speaker	lp:Luisa Morgantini2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partito della rifondazione comunista (1999-07-20--2004-04-28)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, too many people have died in this conflict, killed in a war of fratricide and poverty: out of three and a half million inhabitants two and a half have been dispersed, there are rapes, summary executions and enforced conscription of children to the army and military groups. This death and destruction weigh like lead weights on our consciences too. We cannot fail to feel responsible for the neglect, the indifference, the interests of our multinationals who are greedy for this large country’s resources, the colonial heritage, the misdeeds of the international and native communities which are, in reality, mixed, for neither is blameless. We must act. The peace agreements are in jeopardy, and the different parties fighting are to blame for this in a number of ways, particularly where the various countries have failed to withdraw troops. There must be no more massacres like that which claimed hundreds of victims on 3 April 2003. Kofi Annan has reminded us that the perpetrators of criminal acts must answer for their actions to the international community. That is why we too must step up our efforts to create an international criminal court to try the perpetrators of such crimes. In my opinion, it is necessary to support and give effect to the calls of various social groupings and movements for MONUC to be given more power and a higher profile. It must fulfil its mandate by taking practical action, implementing peacekeeping measures in the territory, to ensure that there are no more massacres and to guarantee the security of the people, so that the situation in Ituri, where MONUC did nothing and was unable to act although informed of the potential danger of a massacre, is not repeated. I believe we need the boldness and transparency of a common policy which denies support to regimes which promote war and investigates the allegations made in the UN report against multinational and European firms which are unlawfully exploiting the Congo’s wealth. The report records both unlawful funding of the militia and unlawful exploitation of gold, diamonds, oil and coltan. It is no coincidence that so much gold, more than the country’s mining capacity, is exported from Uganda, as are so many diamonds, which are not mined in Uganda at all. I genuinely believe we need to act as quickly as possible to bring peace and development in Uganda: the people need it. We must therefore launch a policy which is genuinely rigorous and transparent."@en1

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph