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"This recommendation, drafted by Mr Moreira, deals with the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the International Cocoa Agreement 2010 by the EU. Conclusion of this agreement has been delayed, owing to the widespread use of child labour in this sector. West Africa produces 70% of the world’s cocoa and about 7.5 million people work in cocoa production in that region, almost exclusively on family smallholdings. This facilitates recourse to child labour, in a society in which there are neither alternatives for wealth creation nor opportunities for young people once they have finished school. The majority of chocolate consumed in Europe is produced using child labour. Since defending values, namely, human rights and, in particular, children’s rights, is one of the core values of the EU, it cannot establish commercial ties with organisations or countries which exploit child labour. I voted for this report because not only does it strongly condemn the use of child labour in cocoa fields, but it also urges the governments of the countries involved in this issue to ratify and/or comply with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the conventions of the International Labour Organisation."@en1
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