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"Madam President, the European Parliament should welcome the EU’s annual report on human rights. Once again, however, we should call for more emphasis on the delivery of concrete results on the ground and of mainstreaming of human rights throughout the whole European Union system. I welcome the big achievement of the year – the EU-backed resolution on the moratorium on the death penalty put forward by our Portuguese Presidency colleagues – but still, over 1 200 people were executed in 24 countries throughout the world, and this campaign must continue.
Much remains to be done on mainstreaming. I regret that just last week, the Commission approved the GSP+ preferential trade status for 16 countries, despite documented evidence provided to the Commission of human rights abuses, labour law violations and even murder in countries such as Colombia and Sri Lanka.
Finally, looking to the future, the European Union should now look to discuss at an early stage with the incoming United States Administration their re-engagement with the UN Human Rights Council. We should agree clear objectives for the Council between now and the review by the General Assembly in 2011."@en1
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