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"Mr President, Mr Aylward, there is indeed an age gap in terms of the protection against child labour afforded by the Conventions of the International Labour Organisation, the ILO, and that enshrined in the Millennium Development Goals. However, the international Conventions and the Millennium Development Goals are two approaches that are certainly different but are also complementary.
I would remind you that the aim of the Millennium Goals adopted in 2000 is to improve living conditions by 2015 through precise and concrete goals, of which you are aware; ensuring universal primary education is the second of these goals.
Through these Millennium Goals, the international community has recognised education as a fundamental right and an important factor for economic development. Recognising the right to education is certainly one way of combating child labour, but it is not the only one: there is also the first Millennium Goal, namely poverty eradication in general, which is a decisive factor in the fight against child labour and increasing the number of young people attending school. The Conventions of the International Labour Organisation establish the legal framework for the fight against child labour and it can be seen clearly in both the Millennium Goals and the ILO’s protective Conventions that they complement one another, just as legislation and action or the general framework and legal application complement one another.
There is also an age gap in terms of the provisions of the Millennium Goals and the ILO’s binding legal provisions. The fact that this age gap exists, as Mr Aylward pointed out, does not in any way affect the Council’s determination to support the fight against all forms of child labour and the application of the Conventions of the International Labour Organisation.
The conclusions that the Council adopted in May demonstrate that the European Union will endeavour to use the instruments at its disposal to act and to use the political dialogue between the European Union, the Member States and third countries, be it via trade negotiations, development cooperation or action in international bodies, to ensure that these Conventions are applied everywhere.
In its conclusions the Council emphasised the need for the negotiations carried out by the European Community and the agreements concluded by the European Union with third countries to promote the ratification of, and compliance with, the ILO Conventions on child labour and contribute to the elimination of all forms of child labour.
The Union will strive to make the most of the development efforts in order to further strengthen partner countries’ own systems and capacities for delivering basic services without discrimination; the Council’s conclusions thus also make explicit reference to protection from violence and exploitation. They mention, too, the need for adequate vocational training and skills development schemes as well as opportunities for productive employment and decent work after reaching the minimum working age."@en1
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