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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to thank the honourable Members of this House for their staunch support in respect of two issues on the agenda – their positive backing of the quest for Internet governance and their critical stance on the human-rights situation in Tunisia. It must be recognised, as some Members have said, that economic and social reforms have been a Tunisian success story, but there is also a need for Tunisians to rise to the challenge of a trailblazing role in the field of human rights, and there is still a long way to go on that score.
The Association Committee will meet at the start of next year. A meeting of the Association Council will follow, and we fully intend to put human-rights problems on the agenda. As for the Subcommittee on Human Rights, Tunisia has accepted its creation. Informal agreement has been reached on all points other than the individual cases, and I believe this is important in the light of the discussion we have had. Following the debates that are currently taking place within the Council, we shall make a formal proposal to Tunisia.
May I thank all the European Members of Parliament who have demonstrated their solidarity with all those in the Council, the Commission and Parliament who are committed to ensuring that human rights and freedom of expression become a reality and not a political football for the governments of this world.
In spite of the very deplorable events that occurred in Tunis with regard to human rights, the summit had a gratifying outcome. In future, the two processes – the stakeholders’ forum and enhanced intergovernmental cooperation – will enable us at any time to put on the agenda issues relating to the freedom that can emanate from information and communication technology and to make that freedom a reality in every country of the world."@en1
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