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mars 16, 2005
Khmer Intelligence, 10 et 16 mars, 2005
16 March 2005
Debate on Cambodia at the European Parliament (1)
A Resolution on Cambodia was adopted by the European Parliament last
week (KI, 10 March 2005: "European Parliament adopts Resolution on
Cambodia").
During the debate that preceded the vote, 9 MEPs took the floor and
spoke in 6 different languages:
- Eric Meijer (The Netherlands; group: European United Left) spoke
in Dutch.
- José Ribeiro E Castro (Portugal; group: Christian Democrat) spoke
in Portuguese.
- Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck (Belgium; group: Liberal) spoke in Dutch.
- Marc Tarabella (Belgium; group: Socialist) spoke in French.
- Marie-Anne Isler Béguin (France; group: Greens) spoke in French.
- Bernd Posselt (Germany; group: Christian Democrat) spoke in German.
- Jules Maaten (The Netherlands; group: Liberal) spoke in Dutch.
- Urszula Krupa (Poland; group: Independence/Democracy) spoke in
Polish.
- Marios Matsakis (Cyprus; group: Liberal) spoke in Greek.
Finally, Siim Kallas, European Commission Vice-President (and
Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud)
responded to the MEPs in English. The session was chaired by
European Parliament President Josep Borrell Fontelles (Spain; group:
Socialist) who spoke in Spanish.
All the speeches in the original language can be read by clicking at
http://www.khmerintelligence.org/050316-debatecambodia.pdf
10 March 2005
European Parliament adopts Resolution on Cambodia (1)
The European Parliament unanimously adopted this afternoon a
Resolution on Cambodia in which the supra-national legislative body
[Quote]
- Calls upon the government of Cambodia to immediately and
unconditionally release Cheam Channy [Point 3].
- Urges the government of Cambodia to put an end to persecution of
political opponents and human rights activists in the country [Point
6].
- Calls on the National Assembly of Cambodia to restore immediately
the immunity to all three members of the Parliament [Chea Poch,
Cheam Channy, and Sam Rainsy] and to ensure that members of the
opposition are allowed to sit in its parliamentary committees [Point
7].
- Calls on the [European] Commission, the [European] Council and the
governments of the Member States to raise this question with the
Cambodian government and to consider imposing appropriate sanctions
if the National Assembly and the government of Cambodia do no
reverse its recent actions [Point 8].
[Unquote]
The European lawmakers – from 25 countries and six different
political groups – made the above decisions after recalling "the
cooperation agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom
of Cambodia, which entered in force on 1 November 1999 [and which
contains a clause about the respect for human rights]", and after
noting that "the lack of independence and of impartiality of
Cambodia's judiciary system is a well-know matter."
Posted by socrate at mars 16, 2005 11:48 AM
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