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"Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, we are all agreed that conventional weapons, and particularly small arms, still cause the largest number of victims worldwide. They are fairly readily available on the market at relatively low cost, and are far too often an obstacle to sustainable development and reconstruction processes. It is right that we should examine our own consciences, for in my own country, important arms exports have been set up to conflict areas in the past. Commissioner Michel is well placed to give you a full account and his assessment. Let me remind you of the supply of arms to Nepal or the Democratic Republic of Congo where, since August 1998, more than three million people have been killed. The President-in-Office, Mr Schmit, talked about cutting off the arms supplies. That is why the Tanzanian project and the construction of an arms factory deserve our undivided attention. This project must be stopped.
I would repeat with great emphasis the political request made by fellow Members to the Presidency-in-Office to ensure that a political pledge is made that an international treaty on the trade in conventional weapons is drafted. This treaty on arms trade should come about with the support of the 25 Member States without delay, if at all possible."@en1
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