Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-12-16-Speech-3-230"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091216.16.3-230"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-12-16-Speech-3-2312
lpv:speaker	lp:Sophia in 't Veld2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2014-06-30)3 member; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Democraten 66 (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2010-01-27)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I have just listened to the speech by Mr Mölzer, who has now left, the gist of which was: it is so hopeless that we should just give up and concentrate on our own neighbours. I must say that, if one really looks at the situation, one is almost tempted to call it a day. On the other hand, I then think of the group of women who visited us here last month, to whom Mrs Durant also referred, and I wonder whether we could look them in the eye and tell them that we are simply giving up, or that it is not one of our priorities, or that we mean to just adopt yet another resolution and consider our job done. When I think of those women, of their despair and bitterness and the feeling that they have been left in the lurch, I do consider it eminently possible to hold such a debate. The resolution contains very many positive elements, and I hope that we shall indeed lend force to them with action, but I just wanted to emphasise one aspect. We frequently talk about rape, or sexual violence, but in fact, these terms scarcely cover the reality of the situation. The women with whom we spoke said it goes far beyond attacks on individuals; it is not individual violence but rather an attack on the community, aimed at destroying its fabric. It is my view, therefore, that there is now a most urgent need for us not only to take action, put an end to impunity, pay on the nail and provide the resources for the actions we have announced, but also to show that we are extending a hand to the people there, that we stand in solidarity with them and are not leaving them in the lurch; that we are shouldering our moral responsibility."@en1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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