Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-03-22-Speech-3-150"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-03-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Criteria for EU peace-keeping operations, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060322.13.3-150"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-03-22-Speech-3-1512
lpv:speaker	lp:Marie-Hélène Aubert2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Les Verts-Europe-Ecologie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2007-02-26)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2007-06-23)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is excellent that the European Union is fully involved in supporting the election process in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and we even hope that it will be more vigilant with regard to the human rights violations that have been worsening, I am afraid to say, for some time. However, the way in which the EU military operation is taking shape in the Democratic Republic of Congo today is truly strange and odd to say the least. Figures of a few hundred men have been mentioned, whereas MONUC already has 16 000 men. You say that these men would not be directly involved, but merely on hand if they were needed: where might that be, then? What would the mission of this military force be, and what mandate would these men have in the event of violence breaking out during or after the elections, especially in Kinshasa? Can lessons not be learnt from the past, when the UN forces found themselves in impossible situations and were subsequently accused from all sides because they had neither a clear mandate nor sufficient resources? There are therefore two possibilities: either the European Union thoroughly fulfils the United Nations’ request by laying down conditions and by investing substantial resources to support MONUC, or it dedicates these resources to the success of the electoral process, to the full involvement of civil society, to respect for human rights and, furthermore, to the control and transparency of the way in which the Democratic Republic of Congo’s so very precious and coveted natural resources are exploited. It is clear that, for our part, we much prefer this second prospect to one of supporting a military operation that, for the time being, is very limited, has unclear objectives and about which we have little knowledge at present."@en1

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