Seanad debates

Thursday, 27 November 2003

Address by President of the European Parliament.

 

There is a moral issue here which is not embryonic stem cell research. It is a personal issue with which I have difficulty. What will be the position of the European armaments industry? Will we become a competitor of the United States of America, Russia and China, or are we to become moral leaders in an attempt to reverse the international trade in arms? So many of the world's problems, local conflicts, terrorism etc., are inextricably linked to the fact that the world is awash with, not weapons of mass destruction, but weapons of individual destruction that are killing thousands of people and literally hundreds of thousands of children every year. We have a role in that.

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