In this task, you are given a sentence in Spanish and your task is to translate it into English. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
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Question: ¿Podría explicar la Comisión la razón de la larga gestación de este proyecto que, en principio, debería haberse concretado ya en 1998?

Answer: Can the Commission account for the lengthy gestation of this draft, which should in theory have emerged in its final form in 1998?


Question: No obstante, la convergencia debe estar en los objetivos y no en los medios.

Answer: But convergence should be about goals, not means.


Question: Se dice querer protegerlos.

Answer:
We say that we want to protect human rights.