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"I voted in favour of the report because it marks an important step towards sustainable, fair, child labour-free cocoa production. The EU is the world’s biggest cocoa consumer, accounting for 40% of global cocoa consumption in 2010, which gives us particular responsibility in this issue. By trading with cocoa producing countries, we bear a responsibility for millions of people for whom the industry is their livelihood. We provide them with jobs and allow minimum social standards. In Ghana and Ivory Coast, 90% of the farmers rely on cocoa for their primary income. However, by trading with these countries we are also responsible for child slavery. The situation of children in cocoa producing countries is horrifying. In the Ivory Coast alone, it is estimated that 100 000 children are put to work in the cocoa industry. The EU has an obligation to ensure child labour-free cocoa production. I welcome the promotion of fair-trade standards for cocoa, which include no forced labour of any kind, including child labour. I hope countries all over the world – in particular, the US, the second biggest cocoa consumer – will take the same approach."@en1
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