Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-20-Speech-4-040"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-03-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:War in Iraq2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030320.2.4-040"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-03-20-Speech-4-0412
lpv:speaker	lp:Hanja Maij-weggen2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2003-09-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-08-29--2003-09-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2003-09-30)3 member; AFCO (2002-01-17--2003-09-30)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2003-09-30)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2003-09-30)3 unknown; Christen Democratisch Appèl (1999-07-20--2003-09-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, this morning, then, the war began that must lead to genuine disarmament in Iraq and that is designed to put an end to the reign of terror that has been conducted there by Saddam Hussein over many years. It is deeply regrettable that the United Nations Security Council has not been able to bring about such disarmament despite 17 resolutions since 1991 and the many teams, with hundreds of inspectors, that have been in Iraq since then. Saddam Hussein has already waged three wars: against Iran, against Kuwait, and against the Kurds, using chemical weapons in his own country. These wars led to millions of deaths and produced millions of refugees, 50 000 of whom live in the Netherlands. Meanwhile, there are strong indications that these chemical and biological weapons have also been placed in the hands of terrorist organisations. What those groups are capable of, we saw on 11 September in New York. That is why, politically, I support this action and why I also wish to express my loyalty towards the many soldiers, from Europe too, who have to complete this difficult task. I was still a child when American, Canadian, British and Polish soldiers risked their lives in order to liberate Europe and my own country in 1945. Since then, I have often wondered how many millions of lives could have been saved if we had intervened as early as in the 1930s. That is how I see this action now, as an action designed to prevent much greater disasters in the future. I wish to express my sympathy for the Iraqi population which has already suffered so much but for whom there is now perhaps a light at the end of a long tunnel. Finally, there will be a very great need, once this war is over, for the healing of wounds. Iraq will need a very great deal of help. EU Member States will have to reflect upon their behaviour during the last week in the Security Council. We shall have to reach out to those in the Arab world, for this war is not directed against them but against the evil in Iraq that must be stopped before it is too late. That is what this conflict is about and that is why, politically, I want, in common with the Dutch Government, to support those countries which last night began this action to disarm Iraq."@en1

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