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Resolution on the illegal arrest of the Spanish vessel ' Estai'
Date: 1995-03-16
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Canada, North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation, Spain, fishing area, fishing rights, fishing vessel, law of the sea













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Resolution on the illegal arrest of the Spanish vessel ' Estai'  


Official Journal C 089 , 10/04/1995 P. 0162 





B4-0422, 0481, 0482, 0483, 0490 and 0491/95Resolution on the illegal arrest of the Spanish vessel 'Estai'The European Parliament,- having regard to its resolution of 18 November 1994 on the recent agreement on NAFO fisheries quotas for 1995 ((OJ C 341, 5.12.1994, p. 262.)) and its resolution of 16 February 1995 on the allocation of the TAC for black halibut for 1995 in NAFO waters ((Minutes of that Sitting, Part II, Item 6.)),A. concerned about the illegal seizure by force of the Spanish fishing vessel 'Estai' on 9 March 1995 by the Canadian authorities, when the vessel was legally fishing Greenland halibut in the international waters of the North Atlantic Fishing Organization (NAFO), which represents an act of aggression against the Community fleet and a violation of the international law of the sea and of the NAFO Convention,B. having regard to the fact that the Council and the Commission suspended all negotiations with Canada until the boat and its crew were freed,C. recalling that the Common Fisheries Policy has a founding mission of conservation, and having regard to the need to develop ever-more sophisticated methods of securing international cooperation in the protection of endangered fish species at global level;1. Condemns the Canadian Government for this incident, which constitutes an illegal act in international waters;2. Affirms its solidarity with the crew of the impounded boat and deeply regrets the unacceptable conditions under which the crew members were taken to the port of St John's;3. Urges the Commission and the Council to maintain the positions they have been taking to defend firmly the principles of law of the sea and the rights of the Community fishing fleet operating in the NAFO zone, in the confidence that a negotiated settlement to the conflict can be worked out in full respect of the international law of the sea;4. Calls on the Council and Commission to engage in urgent diplomatic efforts to prevent the escalation of this latest EU-Canada fisheries incident into a major confrontation;5. Urges the Community bodies and the Member States to support with great firmness all legal actions vis à vis Canada, particularly in the diplomatic, commercial and cooperation spheres;6. Affirms its full agreement with the Commission to ask for an extraordinary meeting of the NAFO Fishing Committee in order to solve the fishing dispute which has arisen between the two contracting parties;7. Recognizes that any damage to the 'Estai' must be compensated by the offending party;8. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of the Member States, and the Government and Parliament of Canada.
Resolution on the worsening situation in Iraq
Date: 1995-03-16
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Iraq, Kurdistan question, forced disappearance, human rights, sexual mutilation













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Resolution on the worsening situation in Iraq  


Official Journal C 089 , 10/04/1995 P. 0156 





B4-0426/95Resolution on the worsening situation in IraqThe European Parliament,A. shocked by the explosion of a bomb in a crowded market at Zakho in Iraqi Kurdistan on 28 February 1995 which killed over 70 people and injured many others,B. deploring the fighting between supporters of the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) and of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) which has been going on since December 1994,C. deploring the grave violations of human rights by both the KDP and the PUK and also by the Islamic Movement in Iraqi Kurdistan which, according to Amnesty International, have been numerous,D. appalled by the report of the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Commission in Iraq published on 15 February 1995,E. pointing out that, although UN observers have denied that fighting between Iraqi and PUK forces has taken place, both the PUK and Baghdad claim that the other started an offensive which led to serious fighting,The European Parliament,1. Calls on the KDP and the PUK to stop fighting, since that can only increase the danger of all Kurds living in Northern Iraq being subjected to Saddam Hussein;2. Calls on the KDP and the PUK to abandon forthwith the use of terror tactics, assassinations, torture of prisoners, detention or other punishment without trial and warns that the continuation of such practices is bound to make opinion in the EU and other democracies less sympathetic to the cause of the Iraqi Kurds;3. Condemns the Iraqi regime for establishing a system in which the Revolutionary Command Council, which is controlled by Saddam Hussein, gives sweeping powers of prosecution, trial and punishment to local sections of the Arab Baath Socialist Party and 'people's councils';4. Expresses its horror that, according to the UN's Special Rapporteur, there were, on 31 January 1995, 15 781 cases of people who have disappeared waiting to be resolved, including over 600 Kuwaitis and other foreigners who vanished at the time of the invasion of Kuwait, while hundreds more people who have disappeared are waiting to be listed;5. Expresses its horror that, among the many decrees of the Revolutionary Command Council ordering capital punishment or mutilation, such provisions occur as one postponing an amputation for a pregnant woman until four months after the birth of her baby;6. Expresses its horror at the evidence of people tortured to death - their bodies sometimes returned to their families with their eyes pulled out - and at numerous executions and the continued attacks on the Marsh Arabs of Southern Iraq and the destruction of their habitat;7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the Members of the Security Council, the leadership of the KDP and the PUK, the UN Human Rights Commission and President Saddam Hussein.
Resolution on the situation in Equatorial Guinea
Date: 1995-03-16
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Equatorial Guinea, democratisation, human rights, repression













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Resolution on the situation in Equatorial Guinea  


Official Journal C 089 , 10/04/1995 P. 0152 





B4-0416, 0436, 0444, 0451, 0465 and 0476/95Resolution on the situation in Equatorial GuineaThe European Parliament,- having regard to its earlier resolutions on the situation in Equatorial Guinea, in particular its resolution of 27 October 1994 ((OJ C 323, 21.11.1994, p. 169.)) and the resolution adopted at the most recent ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Session in Dakar in February 1995,A. seriously concerned at the developments in the process of democratization in Equatorial Guinea,B. whereas Equatorial Guinea is a signatory to the Fourth Lomé Convention and, therefore, to Article 5 of the Convention concerning human rights and democracy,C. concerned at the continuing obstruction of the process of democratization by the Government in Malabo,D. concerned at the detention, trial and conviction of the Chairman of the Party of Progress (PP), Mr Severo Moto, and of the Secretary of Finance of the same party, Mr Tomás Elo Aka,E. whereas, even if the judgment against Mr Moto and Mr Elo Aka is reversed on appeal, their conviction will paralyze political dialogue with the opposition and, therefore, the process of democratization,1. Strongly condemns the suspension of the active and passive civil rights of Mr Moto and Mr Elo Aka;2. Strongly condemns their disqualification from holding public office;3. Calls on the authorities in Equatorial Guinea rigorously to respect human rights and to speed up the establishment of democratic and legal institutions;4. Demands an end to repression against party leaders and activists of the democratic opposition;5. Demands that the recommendations of the United Nations Special Rapporteur are complied with;6. Demands the fulfilment of the commitments entered into at the meeting of the Group of Donors held in June 1994 with the opposition and the countries concerned;7. Calls on the Council and the Commission to spur the Government of Equatorial Guinea to adopt measures to that effect and for all the necessary precautions to be adopted with regard to cooperation with Equatorial Guinea as long as the respect of human rights and political democratization are not guaranteed;8. Calls for its previous resolutions on Equatorial Guinea to be implemented;9. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, the Joint Opposition Platform of Equatorial Guinea, the Government of Equatorial Guinea and to the signatory countries of the Lomé Convention.
Resolution on the rape of women in Rwanda
Date: 1995-03-16
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Rwanda, human rights, sexual violence













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Resolution on the rape of women in Rwanda  


Official Journal C 089 , 10/04/1995 P. 0155 





B4-0427, 0446 and 0452/95Resolution on the rape of women in RwandaThe European Parliament,A. whereas, according to information received from independent organizations, thousands of Rwandan women and young girls were victims of systematic mass rape during the genocide between April and July 1994,B. whereas the rapes have disastrous consequences for the victims: the risk of contracting AIDS, precarious medical conditions, the rejection of children and psychological traumas,C. whereas in UN Resolution 808 of May 1993, the United Nations Security Council called systematic rape a crime against humanity,The European Parliament,1. Strongly condemns the sexual violence perpetrated against Rwandan women and girls;2. Insists that the international community provide sufficient human and material resources for, and cooperate fully with, the UN Security Council ad hoc tribunal for Rwanda, set up on 8 November 1994, which is responsible for bringing to justice perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of humanitarian law committed since 1994;3. Calls on the NGOs and humanitarian associations operating in the area to take whatever measures are necessary to assist the women who are victims of violence;4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of the Member States, the Rwandan Government and the UN Secretary-General.
Resolution on the dangerous situation in Algeria
Date: 1995-03-16
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Algeria, homicide, human rights, repression, violence













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Resolution on the dangerous situation in Algeria  


Official Journal C 089 , 10/04/1995 P. 0157 





B4-0435/95Resolution on the dangerous situation in AlgeriaThe European Parliament,- recalling its previous resolutions on the situation in Algeria,A. appalled by the atrocities committed in Algeria in the struggle between an oppressive government and religious fanatics,B. pointing out that, according to the Algerian Government, 6388 people were killed in 1991, among them 61 foreigners,C. pointing out that in the three years of violence 59 children have been killed,D. shocked by the prison mutiny at Serkadji on 21 February 1995 in which about 100 prisoners and four guards were killed,E. recalling the 100 deaths in the prison mutiny of Berrouaghia in November 1994,F. drawing attention to the arrest of eight Algerian religious fanatics in Belgium on 2 March 1995 following the discovery of arms, explosives and false papers by the Belgian police,G. drawing attention to the threats of the Groupe Islamique Armé (GIA) on 4 March 1995 if the Belgian authorities do not release those arrested,1. Condemns all those responsible for murders, often accompanied by atrocious torture and mutilation, and deplores that religion is being used as a pretext to commit terrible crimes;2. Urges the Algerian Government to establish independent inquiries into the prison mutinies and their repression;3. Stresses that the threat to public order in Belgium is typical of the dangers with which Europe is confronted by terrorism inspired by religious fanaticism;4. Insists that this threat makes cooperation between EU police forces all the more important and urgent;5. Insists that the situation in Algeria and its position as a major trading partner of the EU clearly show the pressing need for a common foreign and security policy of the European Union;6. Insists on the need for a negotiated settlement in Algeria and notes that one of the few hopeful signs is that the Foreign Minister of Algeria, Mr Mohamed Salah Dembri, has recently said that there are positive elements in the declaration made in Rome in January 1995 by some leaders of the opposition;7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council and the Government of Algeria.
Resolution on the reintroduction of the death penalty in the state of New York
Date: 1995-03-16
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: United States, death penalty, human rights













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Resolution on the reintroduction of the death penalty in the state of New York  


Official Journal C 089 , 10/04/1995 P. 0154 





B4-0469/95Resolution on the reintroduction of the death penalty in the state of New YorkThe European Parliament,- having regard to its previous resolutions on the death penalty and, in particular, its resolution of 12 March 1992 ((OJ C 94, 13.4.1992, p. 277.)),A. whereas, nineteen years after abolishing it, the state of New York reintroduced the death penalty on 7 March 1995,B. whereas New York has therefore become the thirty-eighth state to restore the death penalty after the Supreme Court's decision in 1976 to allow the states to reintroduce capital punishment,1. Reiterates its total opposition to the death penalty;2. Condemns the restoration of the death penalty in the state of New York and calls for any death sentences that may be passed in that state to be automatically commuted to terms of imprisonment;3. Calls on the state of New York and the United States in general to renounce, once and for all, capital punishment;4. Calls on American politicians to have the courage to work towards the definitive abolition of the death penalty and to conduct a large-scale public awareness campaign on the fact that the death penalty is both ineffective and immoral;5. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the American federal authorities and the competent authorities of the state of New York.