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"Mr President, Commissioner, what is true and correct is that human rights defenders in Colombia and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights acknowledge that there has been no improvement under the government of President Uribe.
It is a situation of impasse; there is ongoing persecution of unions and of human rights defenders, and simply for that reason, this trade agreement should include a clause that could clearly assess whether the agreement effectively leads to progress towards stopping the ongoing violation of human rights in Colombia.
However, we also believe that the trade aspects of this agreement do not take imbalances into account. We are talking about a country, Colombia, which is one of the countries with the highest level of inequality in the world, and many of us fear that if the trade imbalances, complementarity and fair trade are not taken into consideration, we could create circumstances that could further increase the inequality.
For that reason, we are extremely critical of this agreement, which we hope will not be ratified."@en1
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