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"en.20000316.3.4-101"2
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"We cannot vote in favour of the report since there are gross abuses of human rights in Mexico. That has most recently been demonstrated in an Amnesty report from December 1999 which draws attention to, among other things, the serious problems in the Chiapas region. We think it is splendid that the trade agreement has had built into it a demand to promote democracy in Mexico – including the observance of human rights – but, as long as this demand is not followed up by concrete action, it is merely a case of empty words. A democracy clause was also built into the old trade agreement with Mexico, but this was not complied with. Pressure must therefore be exerted upon Mexico through international organisations such as the UN and via individual nations. Only after that, and when there have been significant improvements in the area of human rights, do we think that we can enter into a new trade agreement with Mexico."@en1
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