Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-02-23-Speech-3-058"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-02-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights (Geneva, 14 March to 22 April 2005)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050223.6.3-058"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-02-23-Speech-3-0592
lpv:speaker	lp:Thierry Cornillet2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ITRE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2004-09-03--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-06-23)3 unknown; Union pour la démocratie française (2004-07-20--2008-03-27)3 member; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-16--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, fortunately, there are other bodies, apart from the UN Commission on Human Rights, that are concerned with this problem. This leads me to make two comments. The first is that we might find it useful, in the context of the interinstitutional dialogue with the presidency, the Commission and the European Parliament, to ask ourselves just how useful the UN Commission on Human Rights really is, and to question the sometimes surprising presidencies it appoints, and the virtual absolution it grants to its members. It may be that the presence of the Union will result, not in blackmail, but rather in a re-examination of the real usefulness of the Commission. I believe that we could use our place within the Commission to attempt to push it towards fairer solutions. My second comment concerns effectiveness. I note, Mr President, that you proposed that we should actually restrict the number of subjects and countries concerned, and that seems quite sensible to me. The fact is, however, that the resolution tabled by Mrs Flautre is pretty well exhaustive, so that one could take one’s pick. I see it includes the rights of children, religious intolerance and the death penalty. Allow me to add two further subjects which we could include, namely freedom of expression, because it is an essential catalyst in the development of human rights, and slavery in all its forms. As for the countries involved – Korea, Burma and Palestine – it seems to me essential to add to the list the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which causes the equivalent of a tsunami every three months, with 3.6 million deaths since 1992 in an atmosphere of general indifference, and finally Darfur, which is really starting to be the ‘forgotten man’ in this context. We could concentrate our efforts on these five subjects and these five countries."@en1

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