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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-11-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Uzbekistan (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071115.24.4-233"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-11-15-Speech-4-2342
lpv:speaker	lp:Hélène Flautre2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Les Verts-Europe-Ecologie (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 chair; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, the aim of this resolution is simple: it is to tell the truth. That is what the Uzbek people and human rights activists are asking us to do. The urgency derives from the assassinations of journalists and dissidents that have occurred over the last few months, and from the conclusions of the Council on 15 October, which were wrongly presented as a diplomatic victory by President Karimov. The important fact is that the sanctions have been extended for 12 months because no investigation has been carried out into the Andijan massacre and the meetings of experts on the matter have not produced any result. As regards the lifting of visa bans for six months, we agree that the visa bans should automatically be renewed if the excellent criteria introduced – the visits by United Nations special rapporteurs, for example – are not met within six months. On the other hand, we are not happy with the conclusions on the alleged progress made on human rights. For example, the abolition of the death penalty has still not actually come about, and the EU-Uzbekistan dialogue on human rights is suspended. Finally, in this resolution, we condemn the assassination of several independent journalists and dissidents, and demand that serious and impartial investigations are conducted. I am concerned about the intentions of the PPE and the UEN. They are proposing to go further than all the Member States by interpreting the Council’s conclusions not only as a suspension of the visa bans but actually as removal of the visas altogether. Their paragraph 3 states that the ineffectiveness of the sanctions is an encouragement to the Uzbek regime, which makes no sense either intellectually or politically. The text does not even mention the 13 human rights activists whose immediate release President Pöttering demanded by letter. Finally, my last point is that paragraph 9 mentions the difficult situation of Human Rights Watch. That is fine, but the organisation made it known clearly that it did not want to be mentioned in a resolution that was technically incorrect and as harmful for human rights activists as for the Uzbek people and that in the end, as everyone realises, would be used as a propaganda tool by the dictator, President Karimov. Consequently, I am asking the MEPs from the PPE and UEN to subscribe to the serious attitude we need to adopt on this matter and with regard to the Uzbek people, and support our motion for a resolution, which says nothing more than the truth about the human rights situation in Uzbekistan."@en1

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