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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-04-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:World education forum2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000413.8.4-211"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-04-13-Speech-4-2122
lpv:speaker	lp:Mary Elizabeth Banotti2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, The World Education Forum in Dakar is a follow-up to the first conference of Education for All held in Thailand eleven years ago. There has been some progress but, unfortunately, not enough as yet. As we speak there are 125 million children in the world who do not go to school. There are 880 million illiterate adults, two-thirds of whom are girls and women. The Community is the largest donor to many of these countries. It is regrettable that we are not sending our highest official to attend that conference on behalf of the Community. We also regret that there has not yet been a communication on children's rights from the Commission. A prominent African leader made a very pertinent comment. He said that education is the only existing vaccination against AIDS. One of the main problems with providing education in many countries is the catastrophic effect AIDS is having on the lives not just of children, many of whom are orphans because they have lost one or both parents. In several of the African countries which I recently visited, I was informed that in order to have one teacher, the colleges must train three, because by the age of 30 so many teachers are already dead from AIDS. This underlines the seriousness of the problems. Many of these children who are not in school are working. Future plans for education programmes and commitments on the part of the donors to the developing world will have to take this into consideration. Unfortunately, only 2% of the aid we send to these developing countries is actually being spent on education. We hope very much that this conference will raise the issue again and bring to it the urgent attention that is needed."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2000-03-28--2002-01-14)3 quaestor; European Parliament (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Quaestors (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3 unknown; Fine Gael Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 quaestor; Parliament's Bureau (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Banotti (PPE-DE )."1

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