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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Initiative in the UN for a universal moratorium on the death penalty2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031022.7.3-153"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-22-Speech-3-1542
lpv:speaker	lp:Matti Wuori2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; - (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2003-04-10--2004-07-19)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (2003-04-10--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, one of the great areas of historical tension in our age is the struggle between state sovereignty and universal human rights. The traditional power of sovereign rulers appears above all to be the right to make decisions about the life and property of their subjects. In an era of nation states we have failed to rid ourselves of two serious and persistent breaches of fundamental human rights, namely the death penalty and the widespread use of torture. It is excellent that the European Union, whose own external sovereignty is very weak, has, in a core area of its foreign policy, human rights, focused on the elimination of these two serious ills especially now when thoughts about armed security dominate the shaping of the new world order and at the same time violence against a country’s own citizens is worryingly becoming of relative importance. A state that kills and tortures should never have international legitimacy. The fateful question the UN system has to address is the conflict I mentioned at the beginning. The universal organisation’s particular strength has indeed been considered to be respect for human rights, but at the same time its Charter is firmly anchored in the notion of state sovereignty. It thus lies at the point where two eras and two different political views of the world meet. I believe the time is now ripe to take this step forward and do all we can to try for a comprehensive moratorium to let the death penalty just smoulder everywhere in the world as an interim stage in eliminating it once and for all. The plan will involve diplomatic and other types of risks, but the goal will make them worth taking."@en1

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