Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-12-Speech-1-089"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20060612.16.1-089"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spoken text |
"Mr President, human trafficking is one of the world’s most profitable crimes. International criminal gangs are abusing the most vulnerable women and using them as sex slaves. From past experience – for example in Athens, during the Olympics – we have seen that international sporting events cause an increase in human trafficking.
Last Thursday, on the eve of the World Cup, several colleagues and I came to see you, Commissioner, to discuss this problem and present two petitions. As president of the Party of European Socialist Women, we launched a petition to call for action to prevent trafficking, particularly in the context of the World Cup. We collected more than 23 000 signatures in two months. The largest trade unions in Denmark joined us and handed over a petition with 80 000 signatures.
There is a mismatch between the recent high level of public awareness and media attention, which is an extremely positive development, and, on the other hand, the widespread denial – for example, in several mainstream German newspapers and other groups in German society – of the link between the World Cup and an increase in trafficking and enforced prostitution. For example, in
last Thursday there was a report denying this link, as you mentioned, Commissioner. It is significant that you do not agree, but I urge you to respond or to ask a German Government representative to do so. It is essential that somebody of your standing should refute those denials. Europe will have assessed the situation and identified a very serious problem.
After the World Cup, to ensure accountability, there needs to be an assessment of the scale of the problem in Germany during the World Cup, as well as an assessment of the measures taken. Beyond the World Cup, there is a need for a real debate across Europe on tackling the root causes of trafficking for sexual exploitation. That means looking at how to reduce the demand for prostitution. Could the Commission also ensure that the EU reaches the target laid out in the Prets report to reduce trafficking in women and children by 50% in the next ten years.
We have succeeded in raising the profile of this modern form of human slavery and henceforth it is up to the political agenda, but we need concrete action on the ground from governments and the Commission to get to the root of the problem."@en1
|
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:unclassifiedMetadata |
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples