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dcterms:Date	"2006-09-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Sri Lanka2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060907.23.4-154"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-07-Speech-4-1552
lpv:speaker	lp:Jean Lambert2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, I welcome the opportunity to speak this afternoon, but regret the need to do so because it seems not very long ago that this Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation in Sri Lanka. Since then, we have seen a return to, or a continuation of, the destruction, the deaths, the displacement of people, and indeed the recurrence of bloodshed in a way that all of us in this House would have hoped would have ceased by now. I am sure that every one of us in this Chamber wants an end to the bloodshed and that we want a peaceful settlement in Sri Lanka. We may disagree about the path we should take, but we are united on that goal as this resolution makes clear. As our resolution says, the fact that there is no peace settlement is due to intransigents on both sides who trample on the aspirations of the majority and who are so concerned with their own role, their own future, their own vision of Sri Lanka that they are unwilling to let forces wanting peace work to that end. The European Union now has to find its own way forward. For some of us, placing the LTTE on the terrorist list has led to a totally predictable reaction and the SLMM is no longer able to operate at full force or as effectively as we would want. Nevertheless, we still have to move forward. We have to look for the resumption of peace negotiations. We have to participate in those as fully as we are able and with all the contacts that we have in order to find a way forward, so that we can get on with distributing the tsunami aid properly and look to a peaceful future for all."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Green Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (2005-05-24--2007-02-26)3 substitute; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 substitute; DROI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Jean Lambert (Verts/ALE ),"1 "author"1

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