Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-03-09-Speech-3-192"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-03-09"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Health workers detained in Libya2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050309.16.3-192"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-03-09-Speech-3-1932
lpv:speaker	lp:David Martin2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, like other speakers, my heart goes out to the 400 children who have been infected by HIV and to the parents of the 40 children who have tragically died. I very much welcome the action programme that the Commissioner has outlined today. We should do everything possible to assist the Libyan people. However, the treatment by the Libyan authorities of the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian medical worker makes it very hard to take seriously Libya’s proclaimed desire to rehabilitate itself within the international community. We should remind ourselves that those people were in Libya to assist the Libyans; to provide better healthcare for Libyans. They have become scapegoats for the inadequacies of the Libyan health service. It is clear that the infection at the hospital, as indicated by Mr Van Orden, already existed. It was spread because of poor hygiene and because of the re-use of needles. A number of experts has testified that the nature of that contamination makes it almost inconceivable that it was spread deliberately. Rather than simply facing up to the facts, the Libyans have turned tragedy into a further tragedy and into a farce. First, they tried to blame the CIA and the Israeli intelligence services, saying it was a conspiracy to undermine Libya. Now, they have blamed the innocent Bulgarian nurses, at least some of whom were tortured before being tried; the trial was clearly unfair and not properly conducted. I very much support what the Council has said and would ask it to continue to pressurise the Libyan Government to come to its senses, to release these people and to become a normal part of the international community."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2004-10-13--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Labour Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2004-07-21--2006-03-15)3 member; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; INTA (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Martin, David"1 "on behalf of the PSE Group"1

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