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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-06-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Child labour in the production of sports equipment2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020613.6.4-177"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-06-13-Speech-4-1782
lpv:speaker	lp:Minerva Melpomeni Malliori2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease (2002-01-17--2002-12-17)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, despite the fact that the International Labour Organisation chose 12 June, i.e. yesterday, as the World Day against Child Labour, the World Cup has again raised the question of the violation of children's rights. Pictures of malnourished third world children forced to work day in day out occasionally make the headlines. In today's world, this sort of situation is unforgivable. However, we have to ask if and to what extent we contribute towards it. According to World Labour Organisation sources, some 211 million children aged between 5 and 14 work instead of attending school. In Asia, Africa and South America, western multinationals use small children for various types of hard work, such as picking tobacco, bananas and cotton, making rugs or stitching footballs and sports clothing in intolerable conditions, often working for more than twelve hours at a time. Despite all the action taken by international organisations to combat child labour, the results are most discouraging, which is why, Mr President, we have to use all our power and influence to put an end to this shameful practice. We need to find a way to stop companies from moving their operations to countries where cheap labour means child labour. I propose that the relevant parliamentary committees draft an own initiative report on this issue and that more funds be made available to the international programmes of the ILO to combat child labour. Children, Mr President, are the most important members of society and they need special protection because the future belongs to them. I only hope that today's debate and the resolution which follow it will be effective this time."@en1

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