Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-05-07-Speech-3-141"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-05-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human Rights in the World 2007 and the EU's policy on the matter - EU Election Observation Missions (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080507.15.3-141"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-05-07-Speech-3-1422
lpv:speaker	lp:Thijs Berman2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2007-09-26--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; DEVE (2007-09-10--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-09-27--2008-10-22)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; BUDG (2007-02-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; DROI (2007-09-12--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". − Mr President, Commissioner, Burma in the wake of the disaster: paddy fields strewn with corpses, homeless survivors, relief organisations unable to enter the country. Burma’s gas exports earn the country EUR 3 billion each year, yet the regime is now spending just EUR 5 million on emergency aid. This is a shocking pittance given that the junta knew about the cyclone but failed to warn the population. Burma is an enormous challenge for EU human rights policy. Tougher sanctions are the only solution. Strengthen visa restrictions, catch those businesses that support the regime, close the EU to all the regime’s banking transactions. The Council should have taken these steps last week. It did not do so. Commercial considerations took precedence. This kind of critical analysis is totally absent from the EU’s Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2007. New sanctions against Burma will have to wait, however. First the EU must rouse ASEAN countries to provide assistance. The Member States themselves must also stand by. The Security Council must send Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Burma. Burma’s borders must be opened."@en1

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