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 Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | Taking responsibility   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Luisa Morgantini, an Italian member of the European parliament, is no stranger to the Middle East.
Morgantini explained that a need for a non-violent resistance became pressing because armed Palestinian resistance and suicide attacks had alienated popular participation to a large extent, one of the main differences between the first Intifada and the present one.
Morgantini told of one medical centre that had not received any funding since the attacks on New York and Washington, and whose employees had not been paid.
weekly.ahram.org.eg /2002/573/re3.htm   (959 words)

  
 Un'altra voce IN EUROPA - Rifondazione Comunista - Delegazione al Parlamento europeo - STAMPA -
On the issue of Israel's withholding of Palestinian customs duties, Morgantini argued that the EU and the Quartet must force Israel to return the funds confiscated from Palestine.
Morgantini also welcomed the call in today's European Parliament resolution for an urgent meeting on the EU-Israel Association Agreement and the application of article two, according to which, in the case of violations of human rights the agreement should be suspended.
Morgantini concluded that the resolution should become action and the calling for an immediate international conference for a just peace in the Middle East should be immediate.
www.prc-europarlamento.org /index.html?page=434   (309 words)

  
 Kinijit for Unity and Democracy in Ethiopia URGENT HUMAN RIGHTS CRISI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Bruxelles 09/03/06 - Luisa Morgantini, MEP GUE/NGL and Chair of the EP Development Committee, and other MEPs met some representatives of the Ethiopian opposition and civil society concerning the actual situation of human rights in Ethiopia.
Often, such trials do not comply fully with recognised international standards of fair trial as set out in the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, to which Ethiopia is a party, as declared and denounced by human rights organizations.
Luisa Morgantini add that "a public hearing with the title 'One year after the elections in Ethiopia' will be organized on 15 May 2006 in Strasbourg, possibly promoted by different parliamentary committees".
www.kinijit.org /content.asp?contentid=1383   (479 words)

  
 What's New?
In view of the situation caused by recent events in the Middle East and the continued significance of the issue on the EU political agenda, Itailian MEP Luisa Morgantini will lead a fact-finding mission of European parliamentarians to Israel and Palestine from Friday 27 to Tuesday 31 October 2006.
Luisa Morgantini is Chair of the Committee on Development in the European Parliament and a member of the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council.
Luisa Morgantini mobile in Palestine +972 547 271742
www.delwbg.cec.eu.int /en/whatsnew/morgantini.htm   (181 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL PRESS CENTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
PALESTINE, June11,2005 (IPC+Agencies)--The chief of the European Parliament Commission on Development Luisa Morgantini is disappointed with the European fiasco to use its leverage and executive powers to stop a largest crime ever perpetrated against humanity, the construction of the Apartheid wall in the West Bank.
As for the European parliament, she made clear that in the wake of the international court ICJ's ruling, condemning the wall, the European parliament had taken several decisions but no mechanism were set to implement them.
Questioned about the indiscrimination policy Israel adopts against the Palestinian residents inside Israel, Morgantini said that the democracy Israel is trying to pretend is limited, calling on Israel to implement the United Nation resolutions as regards the Palestinian cause.
www.ipc.gov.ps /ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=5334   (375 words)

  
 Un'altra voce IN EUROPA - Rifondazione Comunista - Delegazione al Parlamento europeo - stampa -
In the letter Luisa Morgantini urges the World Bank and IMF to do everything that is in their power to demand the Singaporean Government to withdraw its decision, Morgantini call as well on the two international organisations to uphold a clear position on what has been going on.
Luisa Morgantini has denounced that the Singaporean government acting this way violates the Memorandum of Understanding signed as well by the two financial international institutions concerning the summit’s organisation, in the document is clear written that the Worl Bank and the IMF can accredit all the civil society’s representatives as they like.
Nella lettera Luisa Morgantini richiede inoltre di fare quanto possibile per far ritirare il veto imposto dal governo del Singapore e richiede inoltre alla Banca Mondiale quanto al Fondo Monetario Internazionale di prendere una posizione chiara su quanto accaduto.
www.prc-europarlamento.org /index.html?page=395   (569 words)

  
 MEP's Meet with PNI Representatives
The MEP’s met with members of the PNI youth section, Mawakeb Massad and Khalid Kharajeh, and were briefed on the current situation on the ground in Palestine by PNI General Secretary, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP.
Luisa Morgantini criticized the EU decision to halt funding to the Palestinian Authority.  She described the democratic process in Palestine as a model for the region and added that the world should respect the democratic choice of the Palestinian people.  In conclusion, Ms.
Morgantini acknowledged the threat the ‘Convergence Plan’ poses to the possibility of a viable future Palestinian state, and called for efforts to seek a just and peaceful resolution of the conflict.
www.almubadara.org /new/edetails.php?id=1311   (279 words)

  
 DAY 4
Israeli soldiers are trying to forcible evict an Italian Peace Delegation headed by MEP Luisa Morgantini from the offices of the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees.
Morgantini tried to intervene but even this was in vain - still he remained untreated.
Morgantini, who was detained at the same time as Dr. Scafie, has also just been, released.
www.ccmep.org /hotnews2/day4040102.html   (2678 words)

  
 No Peace in Palestine - Adrian Grima (1998)
Morgantini says that in the past both sides in the conflict shared responsibility for the war that raged on between them.
Morgantini says that his attitude is intransigent and arrogant because history has shown that neither Europe, nor the United States or the United Nations will punish Israel for its gross violations of the human and international rights of the Palestinian people.
A Palestinian activist who was also in Reggio Calabria in May for an international conference on "Culture, Peace, Youth and the Environment in the Mediterranean", reacted with disappointment to the news that the Israeli leadership had undermined the possiblity of a resumption of the peace talks with the Palestinians.
adriangrima.250free.com /palestine.htm   (1232 words)

  
 International Solidarity Movement » International Peace Activists Barred from Entering Hebron
After the meeting the group planned a carnival activity for the children of Hebron who have spent 194 days imprisoned in their homes since October 2000 due to curfews imposed on Palestinians in the Israeli controlled part of the city.
Luisa Morgantini a member of European Parliament stated: “The Israeli authorities are illegally preventing us from contacting any Palestinian officials.
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is comprised of local Palestinian and foreign civilians working to raise awareness of the Palestinian plight for freedom and an end to Israeli military occupation.
www.palsolidarity.org /main/2001/12/30/international-peace-activists-barred-from-entering-hebron   (290 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The conference opened with greetings from Peter Hansen, and Luisa Morgantini.
In their greetings Hansen, Commissioner General of UNRWA and Morgantini, a member of the European Parliament, emphasized the urgency of a resolution to the conflict and the need for international solidarity.
Morgantini especially called upon the world community to pressure its governments to push Israel towards peace.
www.tuftsgloballeadership.org /NIMEP/01-04-04.html   (1182 words)

  
 2000/oct19 / Before_2001 / Archive / News / Home - International Campaign to Ban Landmines
Organised by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and by Mrs Emma Bonino, Mrs Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Mrs Luisa Morgantini and Mr John Corrie, Members of the European Parliament.
The objective was to raise awareness on the landmine issue among parliamentarians, and to try to re-launch the debate on this issue between members of Parliament, members of the Commission, the Council and NGOs.
Luisa Morgantini added that the European Union should act on two levels: resources must be increased (including victim reintegration), and political pressure used to make countries ratify and comply the Treaty.
www.icbl.org /news/archive/before_2001/2000_oct19   (2797 words)

  
 Morgantini demands deployment of UN forces to protect Palestinians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Gaza - Luisa Morgantini, chair of the European parliament's committee on development, has called upon the United Nations to send its rapid deployment forces to Gaza in order to put an end to the deteriorating situation there.
Morgantini on Friday asserted that the international community must take urgent exceptional measures in order to contain the explosive situation in Gaza, pointing out that the current events hamper resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The MP, an Italian national, indicated that the Israeli aggressions at a time Hamas and Fatah for the first time have agreed on the prisoners' document on national constants that paves the way for talks with Israel clearly reveals the party that prefers war and the party that prefers negotiations.
www.palestine-info.co.uk /am/publish/article_18963.shtml   (282 words)

  
 palestine report 22 November 2000
This week Palestine Report interviews Luisa Morgantini, Head of the European delegation to the Palestinian Legislative Council.
Morgantini: The European Parliament position is that Palestinians and the Israelis have no other way out but a peaceful settlement.
Morgantini: As a Left Group, we strongly support the implementation of the United Nation Resolutions.
www.jmcc.org /media/report/2000/Nov/4.htm   (5030 words)

  
 EUROPA - european development days : Luisa MORGANTINI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Luisa Morgantini has been a Member of the European Parliament with the European United Left – Nordic Green Left Group.
Luisa Morgantini was born on November 5, 1940 in Villadossola (NO), Italy.
Luisa Morgantini will participate in the roundtable on
www.eudevdays.eu /opencms/Governance_Forum_15_17/Conference/speakers/Luisa_MORGANTINI_en.html   (235 words)

  
 The Epoch Times | Italian Hostage In Gaza Freed, Says EU Parliament Member
According to Luisa Morgantini, Italian member of the Eurpoean parliament, an Italian hostage was freed on January 1.
ROME - An Italian hostage kidnapped by masked gunmen during a visit to the Gaza Strip has been freed, according to an Italian member of the European parliament, Luisa Morgantini.
Morgantini, who declined to give the Italian's identity, said she learned of his release through indirect contacts with the kidnappers.
www.theepochtimes.com /news/6-1-1/36403.html   (161 words)

  
 UN role for democratic Afghan govt urged
Asma Jehangir, Luisa Morgantini (member of European Parliament), Sahar Saba from RAWA and some members of Italian parliament in the press conference.
ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Women activists from Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), European Union and Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) on Saturday demanded that the United Nations should play its pivotal role in the formation of post-Taliban government in Afghanistan through elections.
Speaking at a news conference here, HRCP national council member Asma Jehangir, European Parliament member Luisa Morgantini and Sahar Saba of Rawa called for the elimination of all fundamentalist groups without any exception or conditions, paving the way for free elections.
www.rawa.org /press-up.htm   (574 words)

  
 CBS News | Gunmen Abduct, Release Man in Gaza Strip   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
They forced the Italian out and into one of their cars before speeding away.
Luisa Morgantini, a European parliament deputy who was on the bus, said Palestinian police told her the Italian had been released.
It was not immediately clear who carried out the kidnapping.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/01/01/ap/world/printableD8ERTTJG0.shtml   (461 words)

  
 MIFTAH--Law and Order Shall Not and Cannot Justify Death Penalty
Luisa Morgantini, member of the EP Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council and Chair of the Development Committee, calls on the Palestinian Authority for the abolition of the death penalty legislation.
Law and order, as legality rules, shall not and cannot justify death penalty, both today and forever.
Luisa Morgantini invites all the members of the European Parliament, all the NGOs to call on President Mahmoud Abbas for the urgent abolishment and repeal of the death penalty legislation in Palestine.
www.miftah.org /Display.cfm?DocId=7708&CategoryId=2   (373 words)

  
 Press Releases: Occupied Palestinian Territory, Palestinian and international NGO representatives call for increased ...
Joining Dr Barghouthi in his call for increased international presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories was Luisa Morgantini, Member of the European Parliament; Luisa Sirvent, representative of the Federation of Spanish Organizations for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights; and Khalida Jarrar, Director of Addameer Prisoner's Support and Human Rights Association.
"We are here because the liberation of the Palestinian people is a common struggle," said Morgantini.
Luisa Sirvent added, "One of the most important tasks we have in joining the Palestinian solidarity movement begins when we go home - educating the public, our government and the European community about the massive violations of human rights taking place here."
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ACOS-64CQKY?OpenDocument   (465 words)

  
 Women in Black - International Conference - Women Resist Occupation and War
The Kalandia checkpoint is a military crossing established by Israel to control the movement of people between Ramallah (in Palestine) and Jerusalem (a divided city).
European Parliament Member Luisa Morgantini negotiated for her arrest.
Women told the soldiers that they were beginning to disperse, but if Hanan was not released, we would return en masse.
web11.mediazone.co.il /media/wib/130805   (658 words)

  
 EP says Ethiopia's situation worsening
Luisa Morgantini, chair of the European Parliament (EP) Development Committee, and other MEPs met some representatives of the Ethiopian opposition and civil society concerning the actual situation of human rights in Ethiopia.
Luisa Morgantini added that "a public hearing with the title 'One year after the elections in Ethiopia' will be organized on 15 May 2006 in Strasbourg, possibly promoted by different parliamentary committees".
For more information, contact Luisa Morgantini office +3222845151 or +32484714862
www.ethiomedia.com /courier/ethiopia_worsening.html   (459 words)

  
 Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
Luisa Morgantini, MEP GUE/NGL, President of the European Parliament Development Commission
THE ASSAULT ON JERICHO PRISON IS A SCANDAL: ISRAEL MUST IMMEDIATELY HALT THE MAELSTROM OF VIOLENCE.
With these words Luisa Morgantini, member of the European Parliament of the Gue-NGL group and President of the Development Committee, spoke of the Israeli army assault on Jericho prison which aims at capturing some Palestinian detainees currently held in the prison in the custody of US and British guards.
www.pacbi.org /boycott_news_more.php?id=152_0_1_0_M   (379 words)

  
 Press Releases: Occupied Palestinian Territory, Speakers at UN Asian meeting call for international presence in ...
Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Sahar Qawasmi, said Israel was trying to make Palestinians starve and had confiscated major sections of Jerusalem.
Member of the European Parliament and Chair of its Development Committee, Luisa Morgantini, said the Palestinian people’s basic rights were being violated through the lack of basic infrastructure and services.
LUISA MORGANTINI, Member of the European Parliament and Chair of its Development Committee, said the Palestinian people were still living under an active colonial regime, after 40 years of reciprocal insecurity.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6WL42Y?OpenDocument   (1383 words)

  
 NGOs, Italy Seek Worldwide Ban
A recommendation from the commission could help the EU reach agreement on whether to support Italy's effort.
"The issue is key to the whole EU Parliament," Luisa Morgantini, president of the parliament's development committee, told IPS.
Last week Morgantini sent a letter addressed to high-ranking EU officials and to the foreign affairs ministries of all member states, stressing its support for Italy's initiative.
www.commondreams.org /headlines06/1010-05.htm   (1226 words)

  
 The European Union Shall Tell the Truth! by Luisa Morgantini The European Union Shall Tell the Truth! by Luisa ...
by Luisa Morgantini The European Union Shall Tell the Truth!
The document criticizes Israel for demolishing Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem, reducing work permits for Palestinians and imposing a system of "discriminatory taxation".
I ask to everybody who wants a just and sustainable peace and an end to all violence and terrorism, from all sides, to ask the European Union not to hide the truth.
www.jerusalemites.org /press_release/2005/28-12-2005.htm   (366 words)

  
 WiB: VII INTERNATIONAL MEETING
At the beginning, Luisa Morgantini (Association for Peace, Italy) commented on the recently adopted law on voluntary military service for women.
This law was supported by many women, who had pleaded for equal opportunities for the sexes in the previous years.
Facilitator: Luisa Morgantini (Rome, Association for Peace) said, during her brief introduction that "...
www.womeninblack.net /stats/meet7.html   (7363 words)

  
 Gaza gunmen release hostage - Mideast/N. Africa - MSNBC.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - An Italian abducted Sunday by Palestinian gunman was released Sunday afternoon, a European parliament deputy said, citing Palestinian police.
The deputy, Luisa Morgantini, said the unidentified man was traveling with a European parliament delegation.
Earlier in the day, Palestinian gunmen stopped a minibus carrying foreigners in the Gaza town of Khan Younis and kidnapped at least one of the passengers, a Palestinian Cabinet minister and witnesses said.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/10596705   (530 words)

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