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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-06-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Forced prostitution during the 2006 football World Cup (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060612.16.1-096"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-06-12-Speech-1-0972
lpv:speaker	lp:Tadeusz Zwiefka2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; JURI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2005-03-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2005-03-31--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Platforma Obywatelska (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (2005-03-31--2006-12-31)3 substitute; EMPL (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, today we are discussing enforced prostitution and child abuse on the occasion of the World Cup football championship being held in Germany. It would be disingenuous to give the impression that this phenomenon has suddenly appeared on such a huge scale in Germany of all places, and on the occasion of the World Cup in particular. Enforced prostitution and sexual abuse of children have been around for many, many years, indeed for decades, during major sporting events, and not just during sporting events. They accompany every great event, regardless of whether it takes place in a European country or on other continents, in the USA, Asia or Australia. The issue of sexual coercion is well defined, and we have legal instruments to combat it. However, the problem is using these instruments, and for this reason, Commissioner, I felt that something was missing when you spoke about the issue as some sort of statistical problem. Analyses have been carried out by Europol and other organisations which are qualified to do so, and reports have been drawn up. Important though this may be, it is action that is required. I would like to draw your attention to just one question: the governmental authorities in the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as many other countries, have of course done a great deal to counteract this problem. Yet the real enforced prostitution and child sex abuse take place in quiet streets, behind drawn curtains. If we do not get citizens to collaborate with us, if there is nobody to whom those who have been sexually abused can turn – because the victims often have no passports, no money and no means of contact with the outside world, and can only reach the police station or a helpline to say what is happening to them via a private individual – we will not achieve very much simply through organisational measures, which only have a limited reach within society. I hope that the excellent organisation of the World Cup by our German colleagues, for which we will undoubtedly congratulate them when it has finished, will also be an opportunity to congratulate them on combating this particular phenomenon."@en1

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