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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010614.8.4-146"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-14-Speech-4-1472
lpv:speaker	lp:Margrietus van den Berg2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Socialist Group is also extremely concerned about the unrest that has arisen in Chad since the re-election of Idriss Deby. Accusations of electoral fraud, arrests and torture of members of the opposition, demonstrations broken up violently. We condemn these violations of fundamental rights in the strongest possible terms. I have a further question – in fact I agree with all the questions posed by the honourable Member from the PPE-DE. Is Idriss Deby in fact a new oil dictator ? It is of course not very friendly to put it in those terms, but it looks very much as if the money earned from oil extraction is being misused to keep him in power. Does this mean that Chad will follow in the footsteps of countries such as Nigeria, Angola and Sierra Leone? We know the impact of the extraction of raw materials such as oil and diamonds have had, and are still having, on the conflicts in these countries. The Chad-Cameroon pipeline project is receiving help from the World Bank and the European Investment Bank. Parliament expressed its concerns about the pipeline project as early as January 2000. Unfortunately, recent events in Chad seem to have proved us right. The special set-up of the project is intended to guarantee that the proceeds are used for the economic and social development programmes for the benefit of the poor, but the unstable situation in Chad is threatening these good intentions and that is unacceptable. Both the World Bank and we in Europe must increase pressure on Chad to ensure that the human rights situation there is improved. This may, as far as I am concerned, eventually lead to the cutting off of funding. At the same time the international companies involved must take their share of the responsibility. I would argue again – as I have previously done with other countries in Africa – for a code of practice between the international institutions and multinational oil companies, according to which the companies concerned commit themselves to the conditions of socially responsible business. Signature of this code of behaviour – which could be an initiative of the European Union or the Commission – should be a minimum precondition for multinationals to participate in projects in developing countries where public funding is used."@en1

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