Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-01-12-Speech-3-045"
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"Mr President, the whole issue of children has been invisible in EU policies and programmes. However, children's rights are now mentioned in the Constitution and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. It is important that progress is made towards a horizontal European policy on children. Children cannot defend themselves. Thus it is our obligation to do this. Every day we hear about children who are starving, dying or abused in all possible ways.
However, there is no mention in your programme of a full-scale strategy on children's rights in accordance with the UN Convention on Children's Rights, which was ratified by most European countries. Children are vulnerable to trafficking. The recently published report on trafficking in human beings by the Experts Group has a strong human rights dimension. I urge the Luxembourg presidency to take this forward, including a specific legal instrument to promote and protect the rights of children who have been trafficked.
The Luxembourg presidency has stated that a directive on the return of asylum seekers is a priority. It is important that there is a specific section to protect the rights of children and that unaccompanied children are not returned to their countries of origin without an assessment of what is in their best interests. The mainstreaming of children's rights in European Union development policy has not been achieved. I urge the Luxembourg presidency to address this failure without delay by calling for a communication on children's rights and new development cooperation and by supporting references to children's rights as a priority. I further urge it to revise the development policy statement.
The implementation of new guidelines to safeguard children in conflict areas remains a concern. In order to ensure progress, it is essential that the Luxembourg presidency takes this process forward by completing and putting into practice a plan of action.
In conclusion, it is vital that children's rights are made a priority of the Luxembourg presidency and that children's rights are included in the presidency conclusions."@en1
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