Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-01-30-Speech-3-046"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-01-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Iran (continuation of debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080130.16.3-046"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-01-30-Speech-3-0472
lpv:speaker	lp:Baroness Nicholson Of Winterbourne2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I thank Mr Solana and Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner for the immensely hard work on the issue of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is causing so many headaches and worries to so many people internationally and on the Security Council of the UN. It was my pleasure to represent my group on the recent delegation to the Islamic Republic of Iran just before Christmas, when we had a very exceptionally good sequence of meetings, to which Mr Solana has already referred, as has Mrs Ferrero-Waldner. Of course, our call for dialogue in the Islamic Republic of Iran does fall on very welcome ears, because, as you well know, the former President of Iran put forward to the United Nations in 2000 the idea of the intercultural year of dialogue, which you yourself have picked up this very year here in the European Union. I believe there are huge possibilities for dialogue, but not just on human rights and not just on the all-important nuclear issue. I believe we should be having dialogue on cultural issues – music, art, archaeology, painting, calligraphy – in which we share so much historical reference and so much potential for future gain. I also believe that one critical item we should discuss is this so-called barrier between Islam and democracy. Perhaps it has not been noticed that the Islamic Republic of Iran believes that she has cracked that particular difficulty, and that her form of democracy is fully comprehensible with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s version of Islam, the all-important Shariah law and the Shiite Islamic tradition. I think this, again, is something that we should welcome and should discuss this very year, perhaps with former President Khatami or with other members of the Iranian religious influence and tradition."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Liberal Democrat Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; DROI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Iran (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (ALDE ). –"1

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