Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-03-15-Speech-3-336"

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dcterms:Date	"2006-03-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:62nd session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNHCR, Geneva) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060315.25.3-336"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-03-15-Speech-3-3372
lpv:speaker	lp:Richard Howitt2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I was present with Parliament’s delegation in Geneva at the Human Rights Commission last year and saw with my own eyes how discredited that Commission had become and how it was being held hostage in its proceedings by countries which were themselves the worst perpetrators of human rights abuse. So, like Members across this House tonight, I welcome the creation of the new Human Rights Council. I believe it will be a step forward by meeting all year round, by being elected by a majority from the UN General Assembly, by having a system of suspension for those countries which are members and then violate human rights and by maintaining the tradition of access for non-governmental organisations. I am very proud of the role that we as MEPs have played in the margins of the process. When we met Louise Arbour, the Commissioner for Human Rights, in Geneva, and when she made her return visit to us in Brussels, we explored in detail her proposals for the universal review procedure now agreed, which will enable, it is argued, a much stronger, more objective examination of the record of all countries. We insisted in our resolutions that membership of the Human Rights Council should be open only to countries which issue standing invitations unimpeded to special rapporteurs. That is part of today’s agreement. Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Nepal and Zimbabwe will not and should not be members of this new Council. Finally, this UN reform results from the Millennium Review Summit and comes at a historic point in the defence of the principle of multilateralism in our world. We in the European Parliament should send a message to the US – not simply to the government but to its people – that whether it is the Human Rights Council, whether it is Kyoto, whether it is the International Criminal Court, or whether it is the principle of multilateralism itself, the United States is deeply and dangerously isolated in this world and it is no role for the world’s last remaining superpower to play. If the United States wants to be nominated to this new Council, it will have to allow unimpeded access to Guantánamo Bay. I wonder whether the US will stand."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Richard Howitt (PSE ). –"1

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