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dcterms:Date	"2012-03-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:International Cocoa Agreement 2010 - Child labour in cocoa sector (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120313.23.2-590-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Helmut Scholz2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries (2012-03-06--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2009-09-16--2012-06-12)3 member; EUL/NGL (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; INTA (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; DIE LINKE. (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFCO (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is important that on the second occasion in only a short period of time, the European Parliament is condemning the abuse of children who are used as cheap labour or slaves. We are in favour of this agreement. Nevertheless, in the Committee on International Trade, we had a shameful debate about whether we should condemn only forced child labour or also child labour under the terms of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In two areas, we may be forced to take a step backwards and, therefore, we need to resolve the issues involved. Mr Sturdy, recital E, which has been tabled by your group, gives the impression that the hard work done by children on the cocoa plantations is harmless. These children are being deprived of the opportunity to take part in education and their future is being taken away from them. We should delete this paragraph. Ms Köstinger and the other Members of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), which tabled recital D, want Parliament to turn a blind eye to the fact that children are being abducted and sold in West Africa to do hard and dangerous forced labour on the cocoa plantations. This is the appalling reality in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana in particular, as has already been mentioned. I recommend that you watch the documentary ‘The Dark Side of Chocolate’, which reveals that a child costs EUR 230. The children are being abducted from Mali and the International Labour Organisation estimates that there are more than 12 000 children without relations working on the Ivorian plantations. The next time we eat chocolate, we should specifically ask ourselves how many children have suffered to give us this pleasure. We must take a much more decisive approach to combating this problem."@en1
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