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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-06-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:A new strategy for Afghanistan (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120612.22.2-512-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-06-12-Speech-2-513-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Nicole Kiil-nielsen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; DROI (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; G/EFA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; FEMM (2012-01-19--2012-10-24)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2010-06-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2012-03-01--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Europe Écologie (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Baroness Ashton, if the NATO summit officially records a decision to pull out of Afghanistan, it might as well be officially recording the defeat of the West. If we were to compare the statements made by NATO and the Council with information coming from Afghan civil society and the NGOs, you would think that they were talking about two different countries: the resurgence of the Taliban, who are champing at the bit to stamp their authority on the entire country and take their revenge on those who collaborated with the West. I refer of course to women, and I remember how, in 2001, the plight of Afghan women was exploited to justify a military intervention that the population had not asked for. After the bombings and destruction, they were promised reconstruction, peace and democracy. They have failed. According to the Minister, Mr Eftekhari, 6 million children are suffering from extreme poverty, abuse and violence. Under pressure from the Taliban, schools have been burned, teachers threatened and killed. Nearly 550 girls’ schools have closed their doors in 11 provinces. Young people flee the country to come to the West, the land of promise. There is no point dwelling on the reception or rather the lack of reception waiting for them in Europe: we should be ashamed of ourselves. In addition, Pakistan and Iran have decided to expel hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees from their countries. Given the EU’s commitment to the Afghan people, are we prepared, Baroness Ashton, at Council level and in the European External Action Service (EEAS), to adopt a plan to help and take in these refugees? Will we welcome and support the threatened teachers, the women’s rights activists, all those who have put their trust in us and who have to choose …"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The President cut off the speaker)"1
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