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Verbatim report of proceedings
Thursday, 14 June 2001 - Strasbourg OJ edition

Situation in the Central African Republic
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  Haarder (ELDR).(DA) Mr President, it is a tragedy that we are discussing here. A rich country that has almost become bankrupt, State employees who do not receive their salaries, civil rights violations, attempted coups and oppression, armed conflict and hundreds killed. We condemn the violence against the lawfully elected government, we demand lawful conditions and peaceful dialogue, and we would ask the Commission and the Council to help with humanitarian aid and to contribute to the dialogue, if that is possible. I believe we can all agree about that here in Parliament. However, your initial difficulties in finding someone who was here to speak about this point are highlighted by the fact that there are only about 10 Members here, and I am afraid that there will scarcely be hundreds of us here when, in a couple of hours’ time, we vote on these resolutions. I hope that you will take the matter up in the Bureau so that we can have these very important matters properly discussed at a time when both the Council and a fair number of MEPs are also present, for this way of proceeding is not good enough.

 
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