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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-04-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights in 2003 and EU policy2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040421.12.3-306"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-04-21-Speech-3-3072
lpv:speaker	lp:Maj Britt Theorin2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-president; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this is a very important report, which very nearly foundered on account of underhand political games on the part of the Right. I shall concentrate upon two parts of the report: those relating to Israel/Palestine and to women’s right to determine their own lives. Let me first say, regarding the Pakistan debate, that, on this issue too, human rights, and not the economic aspects, must be central. Legitimising a regime that, through a military coup, has seized power and does not respect human rights should be quite alien to the EU. Yesterday, those of us in the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy were able to listen to the Geneva Initiative and representatives from both Israel and Palestine, confirming what is described in, for example, items 46 and 47 of this report but which the group on the Right now wishes to vote away. Closing one’s eyes to reality has never led to genuine solutions to problems. Secondly, a word about reproductive health. Women’s rights are human rights. Women must, of course, have the right to make decisions concerning their own bodies and so have the right to reproductive health. Proposals 28–40 are important additions to support. Every minute, a woman dies for reasons connected with childbirth. Every minute, 100 abortions are carried out, half of them by people with no medical training. Every year, 70 000 women die following unsafe abortions. In the developing countries, reproductive problems are the most important cause of death and disablement. In this situation, refusing to support organisations that provide advice on contraception and consciously helping bring about a situation in which hundreds of thousands of women undergo unsafe abortions and die prematurely and in which hundreds of thousands of women are infected with HIV each year constitute a profound violation of human rights and a serious risk to women’s reproductive health."@en1

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