– (EL) Mr President, the Council decisions and the reports which we are debating today are endeavouring, on the pretext of combating terrorism, to achieve, firstly, the creation and application of a more autocratic institutional framework and the creation and strengthening of new repressive mechanisms, monitoring systems etc., the real objective of which is not the fight against this terrorism you are talking about, but the rising grass-roots movement and the peoples' fight against the new imperialist order.

I do not believe that supporting a movement to liberalise drugs can or should be the solution for an effective fight against the growing drug problem.

[10] Waging “war” against alcohol that causes male violence and adultery, against drugs that kill young people, and also against prostitution, cigarettes and gambling suited these movements perfectly.[11] From community support groups designed to help those who wanted to break their bad habits, these leagues transformed themselves into powerful pressure groups demanding the complete prohibition of alcohol first, and then supporting the prohibition of opium and other drugs.

One thing is clear and that is that nothing has changed since 1990; as far as our rapporteurs and those at the helm of the European Union are concerned, the enemy is still those who refuse to bow down to the new imperialist order, those who fight it, the grass-roots movement which is beginning to react – as is only natural – against the barbaric foreign, economic and social policy of the European Union, which provokes hatred between peoples, and leads to war, ...[+++]unemployment and impoverishment.

Preamble The European Union and the countries of the Andean Community, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela: - conscious of the common cultural heritage and the historical, political and economic ties that bind them; - agreeing to follow democratic values and stressing that the respect for human rights, for individual freedoms and for the principle of the constitutional State, which is the cornerstone of the democratic society, governs the domestic and foreign policy of the countries of the European Union and of the Andean Community, and forms the basis of their common project; - considering their support for the rules and pr ...[+++]inciples of international law; - manifesting their interest in regional integration as an instrument for the promotion of a sustainable and harmonious development of peoples, based on the principles of social progress and solidarity among their members; - basing themselves on the relations established by the Cooperation Agreement signed by the European Community and the countries of the Andean Community; - supporting the present level of technical and financial cooperation between the European Union and the countries of the Andean Community; - taking into account the level reached by the dialogue and the instruments of cooperation between the European Union and the Andean countries on the fight against drugs, have decided to impart a lasting and far-reaching perspective to mutual relations.

The resolution states, and I quote: That this House take note that the Metis people of Rupert's Land and the North Western Territory through democratic structures and procedures took effective steps to maintain order and protect the lives, rights and property of the people of the Red River; That this House take note that, in 1870, under the leadership of Louis Riel, the Metis of the Red River adopted a List of Rights; That this House take note that, based on the List of Rights, Louis Riel negotiated the terms for the admission of Rupert's Land and the North Western Territory into the Dominion of Canada; That this House take note that ...[+++]these terms for admission form part of the Manitoba Act; That this House take note that, after negotiating Manitoba's entry into Confederation, Louis Riel was elected thrice to the House of Commons; That this House take note that, in 1885, Louis Riel paid with his life for his leadership in a movement which fought for the maintenance of the rights and freedoms of the Metis people; That this House take note that the Constitution Act, 1982, recognizes and affirms the existing aboriginal and treaty right of the Metis; That this House take note that since the death of Louis Riel, the Metis people have honoured his memory and continued his purposes in their honourable striving for the implementation of those rights (1810) Twice, Riel defended the Metis against the Canadian government: in 1869 in Manitoba and in 1885 in Saskatchewan.