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"Mr President, it is obvious that Iraq and the world are better places without Saddam than with Saddam. It does not help to blame others in this difficult situation; instead we should look ahead. Mankind has to answer the question of what we are to do with tyrants, despots who kill their own people or those of another country. Human suffering, whether it is in one’s own or another country, is always the same.
There was no help from the League of Nations when Stalin attacked Finland. What is the role of the United Nations today? To maintain world order we need a revamped UN. We need a UN with a Security Council and a UN on which there is also a seat for the EU. Before we can do this, however, we need a common EU foreign policy. Now, the issue of Iraq has split the EU, and the EU cannot play the role we should be able to in securing world peace, or peace in Iraq, because we are so divided.
It is important for us to help Iraq on a wide front in this difficult situation. We must do all we can to combat terrorism, including its causes, as otherwise tomorrow we will find bombs in our own homes. We must do all we can to help Iraq to develop democracy, to develop civil government. Now is not the time to hide our heads in the sand.
I am disappointed that the resolution makes no mention of prohibiting the death penalty. The Iraqi constitution should definitely contain a mention of the prohibition of the death penalty, as the protection of life is a basic value, the starting-point for everything. Finally, this is an opportunity to show the international community and the EU whether we are capable of leadership and keeping overall control of the situation, or whether we are just content with discussing the politics of the day."@en1
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