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"Today we are discussing a truly important report on the human rights situation in the world in 2005 and European Union policy in regard to this matter. I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Howitt, for his cooperation.
Mr President, the European Union continues to be leading in the world in the area of human rights, and of all the European Union's institutions, the European Parliament is the fiercest defender of human rights. The bad news is however, that Europe is much better at making declarations than it is at adhering to them. The Union is able to take up some sterling work on human rights, but in some strange way is unable to integrate decisions on human rights into its policies and programmes.
If we sincerely cherish our values and want to defend them, this situation must change. I believe it is high time to identify the countries raising the greatest concern in each annual report, and thus develop an initiative facilitating the establishment of priorities. In order to provide short and concise information about countries which are prone to crisis and to trigger joint actions by the Council of Ministers and foreign ministers of Member States, the Council already has drafted the monitoring lists which are revised every six months.
Such information could be used to draw up the lists of countries causing particular concern with the aim of drawing special attention to them. It is also clear that significant improvements are needed in respect of the visibility and dissemination of the reports, especially amongst journalists and the national parliaments.
To conclude, I would like to draw your attention, Mr President, to a provision in the report which I feel is very important. I quote, ‘the European Parliament welcomes the choice of freedom of expression as a major human rights theme during the UK Presidency; is concerned at the high number of journalists worldwide being convicted for alleged defamation of public officials or politicians; asks the Council to advocate a worldwide moratorium on such imprisonment of journalists as a first step’.
I am firmly convinced that in this context we, the European Parliament, must mention countries where the situation is particularly bad, that is, Cuba, Belarus, North Korea and the People's Republic of China. And this must be included in our resolution."@en1
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