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"Madam President, 24 April 2015 marked the second anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh which tragically claimed 1 129 lives. This tragedy highlights the challenges faced by a strategic South Asian country with a developing economy in providing safe, gainful employment for its very large population of 170 million people.
The garment industry employs some 4 million people, many of whom are women, and accounts for its largest export sector. We can be thankful now that labour and safety issues have been improved as a result of the EU-Bangladesh Sustainability Compact – for instance 32 factories have been permanently closed in Bangladesh as a result of significant safety concerns.
Bangladesh must now ensure that the regulations required for the implementation of the 2013 Labour Act are adopted as a matter of urgency. The Export Processing Zones Law should also be amended to ensure that workers in the zones enjoy equal protection.
Bangladesh recently, to its credit, increased its minimum wage, but the international compensation fund for Rana Plaza victims is still USD 6 million short and I hope that this money can be found soon. Certainly, in my view, compulsory CSR is not a good idea."@en1
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