Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-10-27-Speech-4-287-000"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-10-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Tibet, in particular self-immolation by nuns and monks2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111027.21.4-287-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-10-27-Speech-4-288-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Thomas Mann2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ECON (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I strongly agree with the three previous speakers, but not with Ms De Keyser. This is absolutely the right moment for a debate of this kind. The situation in the Kirti monastery in Tibet is still alarming. Nine monks and one nun have burned themselves to death in an act of desperation. They wanted to force us to sit up and take notice, so that we would finally discuss the issue, as we are doing today, rather than looking the other way. Eyewitnesses have reported how the Chinese security forces have surrounded the temple, blocking food and water supplies and transporting the monks for so-called rehabilitation. In April I wrote to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission on behalf of the Tibet intergroup, calling for the EU to work to bring an end to this untenable situation. The service took action and received a response from the Chinese Embassy in May. This stated that the monks were solely responsible for the social unrest. It is obvious, however, that the value of religious freedom and human rights is still not understood in China. We need a detailed investigation into what has happened, including the fate of the hundreds of monks who have been transported to places unknown. Dialogue must finally begin with the representatives of the Dalai Lama and the topic of Tibet must be right at the top of the agenda when summit meetings are held between the EU and China, something that can no longer be put off. The cries of the monks must not go unheard. This self-sacrifice must not be in vain."@en1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

Named graphs describing this resource:

The resource appears as object in 2 triples

Context graph