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dcterms:Date	"2010-05-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, in January and March (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100506.4.4-055"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-05-06-Speech-4-0562
lpv:speaker	lp:Charles Goerens2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-17--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2010-01-28--2011-07-31)3 unknown; Parti démocratique (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; DROI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; BUDG (2009-07-27--2012-01-18)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2009-07-20--2014-06-30)3 member; DEVE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we have only just learnt of the death of Umaru Yar’Adua. On behalf of my group, I too would like to express our condolences following the untimely death of the President of Nigeria. His death comes at a time when the division between Muslims and Christians is taking a particularly dreadful turn. The 200 Christians killed in the Jos region are the reason for this current resolution. We could go over and over this barbarism to note, yet again, that it clearly stems from a religious divide. We might also note, yet again, that poverty does not help at all. That it is the result, among others, of the political authorities’ inability to overcome corruption. We might also mention, yet again, the disputes over some scarce natural resources, in particular the fertile land situated in that region, as well as climate change, which also exacerbates the factors that I have just mentioned. What can the European Union do in such circumstances? Of course, it can cite Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement to strengthen the dialogue with the political authorities of that country. We will do this. We can also condemn the atrocities. We will do that in the present resolution. We can, of course, deplore the fact that this rich country – the leading oil-exporting country in Africa – is unable to invest this wealth to combat poverty. In fact, we can do everything it takes; we can condemn all this time and again. I think there is a glimmer of hope, and it is Nigeria itself that must lead a movement to get the country back on track. The interim President, Goodluck Jonathan, has all the qualities needed to fight the problems that I have just mentioned in a courageous way. It is up to the country itself to recover, and I think that people of his calibre are rare. We should wish him luck and lucidity and give our support to this extraordinary figure who is the interim president in that country."@en1
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