WRITTEN QUESTION E-1982/01 by Guido Podestà (PPE-DE) to the Council. Wolf children.
Date: 2001-07-12
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, abandoned child, child protection, children's rights, cooperation policy

C 81 E/88

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

4.4.2002

(2002/C 81 E/102)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1982/01

by Guido Podest(cid:224) (PPE-DE) to the Council

(12 July 2001)

Subject:

(cid:145)Wolf children(cid:146)

In rare cases (cid:145)wolf children(cid:146), having been abandoned or run away from their parents, have been known to
live in forests among animals which enable them to survive.

The most recent case involved a Chilean boy who was abandoned by his parents and found after living for
ten years with a pack of stray dogs that had kept him alive on bitches(cid:146) milk.

Scientific and political circles do not appear to have taken sufficient notice of such an exceptional
phenomenon.

Given that, in the year 2001, such things must never ever be allowed to happen again and that Article 24
of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights guarantees the rights of the child, what attention is the Council
bringing to bear on the matter and what humanitarian and economic assistance is it providing to the
countries where cases occur, to ensure that they accept responsibility for them and prevent any repetition
in the future?

Reply

(26 November 2001)

1.

The Council has not had the opportunity to examine the question raised by the Honourable Member.

2.
In the framework of its development cooperation policy and in close cooperation with the least
developed countries, the Council has for several years implemented a number of policies and instruments
to aid the development of those countries so that any repetition of cases such as that mentioned by the
Honourable Member will be avoided.

3. More specifically as regards Chile, under the Regulation on financial and technical assistance to, and
economic cooperation with, the developing countries in Asia and Latin America, the European Union has
implemented a cooperation mechanism covering financial and technical aspects as well as economic
cooperation. This aid is intended principally for the least favoured sectors of the population of Chile. It is
intended in particular for development of the rural sector and improvement of the level of food security, as
well as development of the private sector (SMEs), protection of the natural resource environment and
tropical forests, the fight against drugs, democratisation, effective public administration, protection of
human rights, protection of women and children, aid to minority ethnic groups, economic cooperation
with a structural impact on the economy, the development of sectoral policies and the development of
national institutions.

(2002/C 81 E/103)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1987/01

by Dorette Corbey (PSE) and Jan Wiersma (PSE) to the Council

Subject: 33rd ICAO General Meeting (25 September to 5 October 2001)

(12 July 2001)

On 14 December 2000, Parliament adopted a resolution on the Commission communication to the
Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
on the taxation of aircraft fuel (1), in which Parliament calls on the Presidency and the Commission to keep
Parliament fully informed about the 33rd General Meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organisation
(ICAO) scheduled for 25 September to 5 October 2001.

Having regard to prevailing climate problems and the contribution made by air travel to CO2 emissions,
the ICAO meeting appears, not least in the light of EU sustainable development strategy, to present a good
opportunity for taking practical steps to limit greenhouse gas emissions by air traffic.