Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-11-Speech-3-051"

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dcterms:Date	"2004-02-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Nuclear disarmament2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040211.2.3-051"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-11-Speech-3-0522
lpv:speaker	lp:Patricia McKENNA2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the Third Non-Proliferation Treaty PrepCom in New York in a few months' time has to be a success. To that end, it is essential that Ireland, as the holder of the presidency, ensures that Member States adopt a common position that will become part of its commitment to the EU strategy against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction adopted in Thessaloniki, because these are the weapons of mass destruction. Ireland, as one of the instigators of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, has a major role to play here. We would like to know, in relation to the Council Working Group on Nuclear Weapons, what the priorities are for the NPT PrepCom meeting. Parliament needs to know which Member States are being cooperative and which are not. The Council should prepare regular progress reports on this issue for Parliament, in particular on the issues of the dismantling of nuclear weapons arsenals, nuclear weapon-free zones and the no first-strike option. This is in the public interest. We need to know how far EU Member States have implemented the action programme of the 13 practical steps agreed in 2002 at the NPT Review Conference. It is also very important that the Irish presidency takes a proactive role to ensure that Europe becomes a nuclear-free zone, that the UK and France get rid of their nuclear arsenals and that Nato's first-strike policy is abolished. The Council has to prepare a statement on the progress made by the EU since the report in 1995 by this Parliament on the NPT and, indeed, the many resolutions since then. I would like to see a proactive position from the Irish presidency, informing this Parliament about what is happening within the Council."@en1
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