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dcterms:Date	"2006-07-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Commission Question Time2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060704.31.2-287"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-07-04-Speech-2-2882
lpv:speaker	lp:Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 unknown; Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus (2004-07-20--2006-10-04)3 vice-president; European Parliament (2004-07-20--2007-01-15)3 member; AFCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (2004-07-20--2007-01-15)3 member; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-05-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Question No 40 by Nicholson of Winterbourne () In recent years Iraq has suffered from a distressingly high number of hostage-takings. Most reported instances are high profile because they involve foreign aid workers, journalists and reconstruction engineers. Yet the number of kidnappings involving foreigners in Iraq is actually very small when compared to the thousands of Iraqis taken hostage. Experts agree that the hostage-taking in Iraq is perpetrated by a large number of criminal and terrorist groups for a multitude of reasons – but more often than not the motivation is financial. Particularly worrying therefore are the recent indications that a number of EU Member States have paid enormous ransoms to criminal and terrorist groups in return for the freedom of kidnapped nationals. The paying of ransoms is a particularly unwelcome and short-sighted step, as far from discouraging hostage-taking, it encourages its proliferation, putting foreigners and Iraqis alike at greater risk. In this context, what steps can the Commission take to establish common guidelines and codes of conduct for EU Member States when they are faced with this threat in Iraq and beyond?"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"President."1 "Subject: Recognised operational guidelines when dealing with hostage-takers"1

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