Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-01-17-Speech-3-135"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-01-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Seventh and eighth annual reports on arms exports (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070117.8.3-135"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-01-17-Speech-3-1362
lpv:speaker	lp:Bart Staes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Groen (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; G/EFA (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ENVI (2007-01-15--2007-01-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, a sound debate is not held in a vacuum, and following on from the examples which Mr Schlyter and Mr Pflüger quoted to us, I should like to single out three points that will help us face reality. First of all, every year, more than 500 000 people are killed by conventional weapons. This translates into one human being per minute, or 90 people during this debate. Secondly, one in three countries spend more on defence than on health care. Thirdly, countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America spend an average of USD 22 billion on weapons. This money could be used to accomplish the Millennium Objectives, such as basic education for all children and stamping out child mortality. Mr Romeva i Rueda has made valid points in his report, and is right to say that the EU code of conduct must be made legally binding and must be enshrined in a common position. It is, as I see it, immoral to link this ambition to lifting the arms embargo against China. Finally, the report is also right in stating the need for achieving an international arms embargo treaty within the UN. I hope that my country, now that it is a member of the Security Council, will turn its attention to this particular area."@en1

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