Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-12-15-Speech-4-206-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-12-15"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111215.23.4-206-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-12-15-Speech-4-207-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Kay Swinburne2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, given that Uzbekistan is the fifth largest producer of cotton and the third biggest exporter of cotton worldwide, I welcome the report on establishing an EC-Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement taking in bilateral trade in textiles. Crucially the report takes into account the concerns of the EU Presidency, UNICEF and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) with respect to the alleged use of forced child labour in the Uzbek textile industry. It also quite appropriately requests the Commission to conduct a feasibility study on an effective traceability mechanism for goods produced, which would go some way to address the issue of forced child labour. The proposed agreement would also give Uzbek cotton the most-favoured-nation status thus allowing trade with the EU which is free from quantitative restrictions, which can only be good for the long-term development of Uzbekistan. Finally the report quite rightly calls for an ILO investigation into the alleged forced child labour breaches. Such an investigation should happen without delay. If we take action here and organise this, we should be able to make this trade much better and safer for all involved."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Kay Swinburne (ECR ). -"1
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