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"The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that more than 215 million children worldwide are engaged in activities that should be abolished. Of these children, 152 million are under the age of 15, and 115 million engage in dangerous activities.
Parliament has to give its consent to the conclusion of the International Cocoa Agreement 2010. Stakeholders have, however, raised strong concerns about the use of child labour in the growing and harvesting of cocoa beans. Any use of the worst forms of child labour in the growing and harvesting of cocoa beans is unacceptable. In recent years, programmes and initiatives to combat the worst forms of child labour on West African cocoa farms have made significant progress, although much work remains to be done on account of the vast scale of this sector.
I profoundly believe that the use of child labour on cocoa plantations should be strongly condemned. I feel that it is important that all stakeholders involved in growing and processing cocoa beans and their derivative products – governments, global industry, cocoa producers, organised labour, non-governmental organisations and consumers – should live up to their responsibilities in the fight against all forms of forced child labour and trafficking, share expertise with each other, and collaborate towards the creation of a sustainable cocoa supply chain free from child labour."@en1
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