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dcterms:Date	"2008-11-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Need for the Convention on Cluster Munitions to come into effect before the end of 2008 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081119.20.3-253"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-11-19-Speech-3-2542
lpv:speaker	lp:Stefano Zappala'2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Forza Italia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2007-02-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2007-02-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; SEDE (2008-06-18--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"− Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this is just a point of information for the Presidency of the Council, if you, as current President, can pass it on to your predecessor: Earlier it was said that here, in this Chamber, there are three people who were born on the same day as Neil Armstrong. In fact, a European astronaut of Italian origin was a Member of this Parliament between 1994 and 1999; and during this legislature, there is also a European astronaut in this Parliament, again an Italian. In any case, coming back to cluster munitions, on behalf of my group, I joined the initiative on this subject because I believe it to be a matter that goes to the heart of civilisation and humanity. My fellow Member was minister of defence in one of the Member States, and I also come from the military world. I believe this plan to ban cluster munitions globally to be a matter, as I was saying, that goes to the heart of civilisation and humanity. Why is this? It is because civilisation and humanity are two of the many constituent principles of the European Union; they form part of the foundation of our treaties and I therefore believe that we must not merely take this matter as a starting point, but we must make it our serious business to consider what the EU's attitude ought to be as a whole with regard to munitions of this type. What these weapons and munitions give rise to around the world is, however, clear. In all forms of war, the facts are what they are, but the most serious point is that it does not all finish with the end of the war, but continues afterwards because the land is contaminated, and continues to be so. Unfortunately, another point is that war also takes place in countries that certainly do not have a very advanced level of civilisation, and therefore there remains that readiness, including at the local level, to use objects found on the land and which are then the cause of the majority of disfigurements that happen in childhood to young people. Many films have been submitted to us and continue to be sent to us from around the world showing the results of using these weapons. I therefore call upon the Council, on behalf of my group, and upon the European Parliament, to persist with this issue. I hope that all this work will translate into the ratification of this convention which I believe is one of the most important aspects, in fact, of civilisation and humanity that the European Union can act upon."@en1
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