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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-10-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Nuclear testing2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991027.6.3-181"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-27-Speech-3-1822
lpv:speaker	lp:Marietta Giannakou2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2000-08-29)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2000-08-29)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2000-04-09)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (1999-07-20--2000-09-03)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2000-09-03)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the recent decision of the US Senate to reject ratification of the comprehensive nuclear test-ban treaty has set an unpleasant precedent for the efforts by the people of the world to create lasting peace and stability. At a particularly eventful and critical time in the international arena, rejection by the one and only de facto superpower has raised a fundamental issue; that is, the need to reaffirm the political will of the civilised world to monitor effectively the production and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Without a doubt, modern democratic societies enjoy an order of peace, security, growth and prosperity. However, new forms of political and social instability can indeed threaten the cohesion of our liberal societies, for example as a result of organised terrorism. Terrorism today is regaining strength at all levels and is keeping up to date with new technological developments in both weaponry and communications systems. According to available statistics, there may be, at some point in the future, means of mass destruction which will be used to hit specific political targets anywhere in the world. Such a prospect, Mr President, should remain just a prospect. Only by introducing concerted, joint preventative measures to monitor the development, availability and use of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction can we prevent this from happening. We are under no illusion that limiting nuclear weapons and banning their development will, undoubtedly, discourage some states from acquiring any in the future. We have all seen what has been happening between India and Pakistan. Very often, differences between warring neighbouring countries or even upsetting a geopolitical equilibrium which one state feels is not in its interest is reason enough for some to resort to the nuclear option. It is, however, important in all cases that there are clear and binding expressions of political will, both internationally and on the part of those who can guarantee world peace and stability, that the non-proliferation of nuclear arsenals is a high and non-negotiable priority. We would like to believe, Mr President, that the decision by the American Senate is but a temporary diversion from the moral obligation which the superpower has towards public opinion worldwide, i.e. as a country which should lead the way in its policies to reduce nuclear danger."@en1

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