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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021021.5.1-059"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-21-Speech-1-0602
lpv:speaker	lp:Geoffrey Van Orden2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, on a point of order, on Zimbabwe, I am appalled to hear that last week COREPER decided that the EU-Southern African Development Community Ministerial Conference, scheduled for 7/8 November, is not now to take place in Copenhagen but in Mozambique. You will recall that this Parliament had insisted that under no circumstances should the Zimbabwean Foreign Minister be invited to the Copenhagen Ministerial Conference, as this would be in flagrant breach of the EU travel ban. We never received assurances on this point and now we know why: European Union foreign ministers have decided cynically to side-step their own EU travel ban. We shall now have the shameful spectacle of European foreign ministers travelling to Africa for no other reason than to facilitate attendance at their meeting by the Zimbabweans. This is grotesque and an affront to this House but, far more importantly, it is an insult to the terrorised and starving people of Zimbabwe, whose lives and livelihoods have been destroyed by the actions of the Mugabe regime. Mr President, on behalf of Parliament, I ask you to make the strongest representations to the President of the Council expressing our disgust with this decision and seeking its reversal."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-03-13--2004-04-30)3,3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Van Orden (PPE-DE )."1

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