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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-01-30"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:World hunger and the elimination of barriers to trade with the poorest countries2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030130.1.4-022"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-01-30-Speech-4-0232
lpv:speaker	lp:Jorge Moreira Da Silva2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2003-03-09)3,3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2003-10-05)3,3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2003-10-05)3,3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2003-10-05)3,3 substitute; ECON (2002-01-17--2003-10-05)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the figures are tragically eloquent in describing the North/South divide. I should like, in addition to the numbers that have already been mentioned on hunger and malnutrition, to provide some others that I think are worth bearing in mind: 1% of the population owns 57% of the world’s wealth; more than 2.5 billion people have no access to drinking water; more than 2 billion people have no electricity; more than 1 billion live in extreme poverty; and 70% of those infected with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa. It was therefore extremely positive that, given the tragedy of these figures, the Johannesburg Summit made, for the first time, a very close link between the eradication of poverty and environmental protection. This summit should lead us to draw lessons for the EU’s internal policies. The EU delegation was actually the only one to set out for Johannesburg with a negotiating agenda, which became the Conference’s sole agenda. It was also largely due to the action of the EU that some positive results were achieved at the summit, such as targets for eradicating poverty and for promoting access to drinking water and sanitation. It was also due to the EU’s work that a large number of partnerships between the public and private sectors were agreed on, specifically in the field of water and energy and that a ten-year plan was adopted for sustainable production and consumption. It is also true, however, that it was the deep-seated differences between the European Union and the developing countries, especially in the trade and finance dossier, that prevented more far-reaching results from being achieved. In practice, it became clear that the poorest countries are not prepared to concede ground with regard to biodiversity, renewable energies and governance, whilst the United States and the European Union are clinging on to a model of subsidies for their products in agriculture, fisheries and fossil fuels. This being the case, if we wish to be credible partners of the developing countries and if we wish to narrow this shocking divide in well-being between North and South, we must fulfil our promises on financing, on relieving the debt of the poorest countries and also on gradually eliminating our subsidies to farming, fisheries and energy and of course on eliminating trade barriers."@en1

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