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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-31"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:World Bank Extractive Industries Review2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040331.7.3-215"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-31-Speech-3-2162
lpv:speaker	lp:Margrietus van den Berg2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-chair; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-22--2004-07-19)3,3 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) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"‘I do not for a moment doubt that sooner or later the economic war that Shell is waging in the Niger Delta will be exposed and that the crimes that have been committed in this war will be punished.’ Those, Mr President, were the words of Ogoni leader Ken Saro-Wiwa ten years ago. In the West Saro-Wiwa is now, ten years on, still the best known critic of the extractive industries. Shell has since changed parts of its policy for the better and the Extractive Industries Review is mainly concerned with projects of the national industries. The present analysis of the extractive industries shows that much remains to be done before the World Bank can operate effectively in this sector. The struggle of the Ogoni people in Nigeria is symbolic of one of the main conditions for World Bank participation, that is the guaranteeing of the right of the indigenous peoples, without coercion and properly informed, to assent in advance to projects that are funded by the World Bank. For many developing countries raw materials are their primary source of income, but even if they have liquid or solid gold in their soil, the indigenous peoples of these countries see very little of the proceeds from it. Poverty, a high mortality rate, civil war, corruption and totalitarianism frequently stand in the way of development in these countries. Apart from the indigenous peoples, the environment also comes off second best to the rapid profits that raw materials bring. It was the same Ken Saro-Wiwa who remarked that the fish in the Niger Delta taste of oil. This is why it is of the utmost importance for the PSE Group that the European Council and the Commission discuss this report and set tough conditions for World Bank participations and extraction projects, so that they can only take place if the standard requirements in relation to the social, economic and ecological consequences of raw material extraction have been met. Paramount must be that decisions on projects are subject to good governance requirements. Only in this way can these raw material-rich countries develop as a whole. This can also be done by supporting the publish-what-you-pay initiative, by which insight is provided into payments and income and the indigenous peoples have the guarantee that the proceeds do not simply disappear into the pockets of the rich, but actually benefit the indigenous peoples. This can also be done by refusing to fund projects in conflict areas and finally this can be done by strengthening existing natural habitat policy and not investing in projects in protected wildlife areas, but investing positively in renewable energy sources."@en1

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