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it has led to violence and civil unrest across the country.
the supreme electoral courts announced president morales as the winner in the first round by a margin of just.
we are assessing the possibility of a new european union mission to the country and of assistance in the election of a new supreme electoral court.
the coming weeks will be crucial.
this mediation has already produced some first results in easing tensions partially and avoiding a worse escalation of violence.
given the widespread mistrust the bolivian government invited the organisation of american states to carry out an electoral audit.
the preliminary conclusions were announced last monday.
in these very days and hours we have been active through our delegation in la paz whom i want to thank in creating a space where government opposition and civil society could meet and discuss a way out of this situation.
the government agreed that the results of the audit would be binding.
the audit was supported by some eu member states with experts and also with some funding.
the european union supports an institutional solution that allows for a caretaker interim leadership to prepare for new elections and to avoid a power vacuum which could have dire consequences for the entire country.
three people were killed and more than one hundred were injured.
we also expressed this position publicly on twenty four october.
in the last fourteen years bolivia has certainly changed for the better.
bolivia is a very important partner for the european union. these years we have built a strong political cooperation and we have developed political dialogues where we discuss all issues including those where we have disagreements or different views.
we are actively supporting the mediation organised by the local catholic church to help the bolivian parties agree on a peaceful path that can lead to new elections.
as you all know president morales took the controversial decision to run for a fourth term in office with the approval of the constitutional court but after failing to win a referendum to amend the constitution itself.
the organisation of american states had deployed an election observation mission to bolivia and it declared in a preliminary report that the best option would be for the two leading candidates to move on to the second round run off.
access to basic services has improved.
as a consequence demonstrations and violence broke out across the country.
we discussed how best to support bolivia in preparation for the announced election.
it has all the potential to continue on a path of democracy sustainable development and social inclusion.
the audit identified a number of irregularities and concluded that the election results should be annulled and fresh elections should be held as soon as possible.
all these successes must be preserved and this can only happen through a peaceful political solution that respects the constitution and the rule of law and that can bring the country to new timely credible elections which faithfully reflect the will of the bolivian people.
when the polls closed a preliminary results counting system showed that none of the candidates was likely to win enough votes in the first round and that a second round was the most plausible outcome.
president morales together with the vice president and a number of ministers decided to step down and he has sought political asylum as you know in mexico.
all of these things must come alive and they must mean something to the millions of children who face challenges.
one third of the refugees and migrants who have arrived in europe are children some of them unaccompanied.
i would say in the final seconds of my contribution that just one example of this is that globally at least thirty million children have migrated across borders or have been forcibly displaced.
we need to understand that the guidelines which were grounded in a rights based approach must also address how they are being treated.
this is something that is a challenge for the whole of the european union both for our children who are doing well in the european union but those who are not doing well.
mr president the convention on the rights of the child lists the rights to shelter nutrition and an adequate standard of living for children.
we have a united nations special rapporteur report on torture which investigates this case and says that this journalist is showing symptoms of prolonged exposure to psychological torture and we say nothing.
the words are those of nils melzer the un rapporteur who will be joining us tomorrow morning to discuss this case because it is of course not about the life of one man although that man's life is in danger.
i am of course talking about the case of julian assange;
this is the defining press freedom case of our age the attempts of the us authorities to extradite under the espionage act and facing potentially one hundred and seventy five years in prison julian assange for exposing war crimes in two thousand and ten including the crime of murdering two iraqi journalists exposed in the collateral murder' video.
they've been effectively interned in ireland for eight months unable to go home reliant on the charity of others and separated from their families at this part of their lives.
there's no question they're not going to turn up for their trial.
these men know that they have arms and like myself and my colleague when we were members of the irish parliament attempted to search those planes.
madam president i am ashamed to be irish and to have to stand up here to talk about seventy eight year old tarak kauff and eighty two year old ken myers two us army veterans for peace who came to ireland on st patrick's day eight months ago to search us warplanes and expose the lie that these warplanes from the united states transiting through a civilian airport in neutral ireland do not have arms.
unlike us these two elderly men have had their passports taken from them in a very vindictive move.
i myself regularly meet with unaccompanied minors on the streets of macron's paris cold hungry and at risk of exploitation.
sadly there's still a long way to go to ensure that this is achieved for each and every one of the.
approximately three hundred and thirty zero children in seventy seven countries including in eu member states are held in immigration detention centres.
a un study published this month showed that at least.
one five million children are incarcerated across the world.
two two billion children in the world.
we still have work to do and that's why i'm proud to have co founded in two thousand and fourteen the very first.
this is unacceptable. we've seen the distressing images of children in cages on the us mexican border separated from their parents because of trump's cruel anti migrant policies.
mr president twenty november will be the thirtieth anniversary of the convention on the rights of the child. this states that every child has the right to education a right to participation and to be protected against all forms of discrimination as well as all forms of violence.
those who shut down universities those who arrest civil society and build walls against refugees they are betraying the demonstrators from.
unfortunately there are governments right now who are trying to dismantle democracy bit by bit.
mr president thirty years ago the wall did not just fall it was brought down by very courageous people people who took a very high and very concrete personal risk.
also today we need to be vigilant not to forget the lessons from.
but back then those demands could get you into prison they could get you tortured lose your job and lose your social connections.
when people there are faced with threats on an everyday level then this is a problem for freedom of expression as well as democracy.
we don't know what the future will bring and any law we do here always needs to work also when governments don't mean well.
i believe it is an anniversary to remind us to be courageous to tear down the walls that divide us and to be the change that we want to see in the world.
let us not forget what it means to look for freedom to not have it and then to gain it. without the courageous people thirty years ago i wouldn't be here and many colleagues would not be either.
but let's not forget there are many walls still up today that need to be torn down.
there are many people today as back then who are looking for freedom.
discrimination and hatred should not prevail.
if you look at the border zone now that once divided germany where hundreds of people lost their lives trying to cross looking for freedom often also being assisted by other people who helped them this area is now a major production area safeguarding climate and biodiversity for the future generations and becoming a symbol of hope.
we are all citizens of this world born free and born equal.
things have changed a lot over the past years over the past thirty years especially.
the borders that divided europe have now become places where people meet get to know each other.
let us not turn our back on them.
freedom of expression is also being curbed when hatred and threats are being issued and used against people active in politics active in their communities.
constant observation is also becoming a trend again but we should never forget what history teaches us surveillance a control state does not lead to freedom or security. it ends both.
one thousand nine hundred and eighty nine democracy needs to be gained every day again and again in every action that we do here in this house but also everywhere in europe.
this is a disgrace especially given the sacrifices that the citizens in countries like hungary made to free their country.
they fought for fair and free elections for the freedom of expression for an end to being caged in and under constant observation all those things that we take for granted right now.
one thousand nine hundred and eighty nine freedom is something that needs to be expanded every day as well and too many people are still not free in this world not free for who they are whom they love or where they're from.
the european parliament has made clear in its resolutions on media pluralism and media freedom in the european union that we have a duty to guarantee the freedom of expression and of the press including the safety and security of journalists. we note the call of this assembly on member state authorities to ensure the protection of investigative journalists from any form of intimidation defamation charges threats or physical attacks as well as to create a permanent financial scheme in support of independent investigative journalism.
they act as public watchdogs helping to inform and empower citizens.
in nine out of ten cases the killers go unpunished. impunity is the key obstacle to ensuring journalists' safety resulting in self censorship and a chilling effect on the exercise of freedom of expression.
we will continue with all appropriate means possible to respect and protect freedom of expression.
on behalf of the council i can say that we are aware of the responsibility our governments have to protect journalists and different media freedom.
where there is no freedom of speech there is no democracy.
yet across the globe journalists face risks and attacks simply for carrying out their work. too often investigations into violence or threats of violence against journalists and media outlets are slow incomplete and fail to bring the offenders to justice.
more than eight hundred in the last decade.
the eu took a number of steps to better protect the steel industry in the trade defence domain through import surveillance and accelerated investigations.
over the years two thousand and fourteen eighteen the eu imposed a really unprecedented number twenty five new measures covering steel products. the aim was to remove the injurious effects of dumped and subsidised imports and restore fair trading conditions. these measures significantly reduced dumped and subsidised imports and protected
in addition the european partnership on clean steel and low carbon steel making has been proposed under horizon europe. this will put additional private and public research and innovation investment to support the development of breakthrough technologies for the production of clean steel.
these steps had a significant impact.
let me mention of course the eu social fund which is used to improve employment opportunities promote education and lifelong learning and develop active inclusion policies.
it is the responsibility of course of the member states' authorities to ensure that the national legislation transposing eu directives is applied by the employers concerned.
the first step to mobilise the egf is for the member states concerned to submit an application and the egf regulation provides for a minimum of five hundred redundancies in an enterprise as one of the eligibility criteria to trigger the intervention.
while the commission has no power to interfere in specific company decisions regarding the restructuring plans it urges companies to follow good practices on restructuring.
through the strategic forum on important projects for common european interests the commission is identifying the business critical strategic value chains and defining potential actions and investments from industry and public authorities.
the eu is also supporting the development of clean steel technologies with their research fund for coal and steel.
eu funding is also available to support workers.
steel imports of products covered by measures adopted in the years two thousand and fourteen seventeen fell by more than ninety five on average compared with the volume of imports before the measures were imposed. despite signs of recovery for the steel sector in part due to the imposition of trade defence measures the eu steel industry continued to be vulnerable
the very important tool that we have is the european globalisation adjustment fund a key instrument providing support to workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes.
the commission continues to monitor imports and will consider the need for another review in the future in the case of changed circumstances for example brexit. the commission is also tackling the root causes of overcapacity by actively participating in the g twenty global forum on steel excess capacity.
we help to address the critical problem of chronically weak national and local health infrastructure.
we must not forget that we are responding in a zone of active conflict where unfortunately access to clean water food basic healthcare and education is really a big challenge with hundreds of thousands of cases
those lessons.
we are making steady steps of progress thanks to our relentless efforts with our partners in laboratories with experts and researchers in meeting rooms with other donors and international organisations and on the ground together with patients communities local leaders and health workers.
we did our utmost in the three major areas trade policy industrial policy and employment policy.
in trade policy we have tightened our instruments and we are using them very actively as much as we can to protect our industry to protect it from unfair imports;
on industrial policy we are working with our international partners to reduce global steel over capacity;
i cannot comment on the new commission.
millions of children are on the move uprooted from their homes as migrants refugees internally displaced separated from their parents and care givers raised in institutions or used as soldiers in armed conflict.
the convention on the rights of the child has been instrumental in improving children's lives across the world ever since its adoption.
universal is also the experience of being a child. in the words of antoine de saintexupry all grownups were once children.
the eu is committed to fighting all forms of harmful practices to which girls are especially exposed for instance child early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
children's rights are enshrined in the charter of fundamental rights of the european union and they are the subject of particular attention when the application of the charter is reviewed by the council every year.
it is time to get ready for the newly emerging challenges such as the threat of bullying online as well as offline and the protection of children in situations of conflict and displacement due to the climate crisis.
in finland we will celebrate this special day with different events among which children will take over the government and work together with ministers including myself on twenty november.
funding from the rights equality and citizenship programme and the justice programme allows member states' institutions as well as actors from civil society to bring forward important projects related to children's rights.
the guidelines are grounded in a rights based approach and their guiding principle is to leave no child behind in line with the two thousand and thirty agenda on sustainable development.
the council considers it important that these guidelines promote a systemsstrengthening approach by identifying all the necessary measures structures and actors which need to be in place to protect all the rights of all children including and especially those in the most vulnerable and marginalised situations.
madam president honourable members thank you for this opportunity to exchange views on the important issue of children's rights. this subject is very close to my heart.
the european union has had longstanding cooperation with a group of latinamerican and caribbean countries.
in all policies affecting children the main principle should be to ensure the best interests of the child.
violence abuse poverty and discrimination which children are exposed to this particularly vulnerable group also continue to persist.
the convention and its three optional protocols constitute the primary international standards in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child.
if their full potential is realised they can be the greatest agents of change and sustainable development in their communities and globally.
this year during the march session of the human rights council the theme of the resolution was empowering children with disabilities for the enjoyment of their human rights including through inclusive education.
the united nations convention on the rights of the child of which we celebrate the thirtieth anniversary is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history.
they are trapped in forced labour and thus denied their rights to education and play.
those who are children today are also the leaders of tomorrow.
the topic of the resolution recently presented at the united nations general assembly third committee is children without parental care.
we are confident that this focus will be maintained also for the programmes to be agreed in the framework of the next multiannual financial framework. at the same time the european union is committed to mainstreaming human rights including children's rights across all policy sectors in the context of its external action as reaffirmed in the global strategy.
determined to respond to all these challenges and to reconfirm its commitment to the rights of all children in two thousand and seventeen the eu updated its guidelines for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child.
in its conclusions of two thousand and seventeen the council reaffirmed the importance of promoting gender equality between all boys and girls by paying particular attention to addressing genderbased discrimination and violence including sexual violence and ensuring the empowerment of girls because it is often girls who are left furthest behind.
thus i note with great pleasure the attention the european parliament is giving to the thirtieth anniversary of the united nations convention on the rights of the child.
the thirtieth anniversary of the united nations convention is an opportunity to celebrate the progress achieved but also to look at what still needs to be done.
the presidency conclusions of october two thousand and eighteen addressed the rights of categories of children who are extremely vulnerable such as roma children and children in migration.
in multilateral fora the eu has been very active on children's rights and is determined to keep the issue prominently on the international agenda.
the european union recognises every child as a right holder and seeks to promote the protection of the rights of the child throughout the world.
many challenges still remain.
the eu will continue to support and encourage partner countries to ratify and implement these instruments.
honourable president honourable members as set out in the convention on the rights of the child children's rights are universal.
poor health infrastructure funded by inadequate domestic resources with millions often lost to tax avoidance or simply destroyed by conflict;
now it is fantastic that europe more quickly mobilised more effective humanitarian effort in response worth eur forty seven million since the outbreak started last year and spent on healthcare on infection control on contact tracing on support for survivors and on community engagement.
it's great that the eu is working with private companies to tackle the problem that it's more profitable to sell headache cures to rich people than to treat rare diseases that mainly kill the poor.
but the scale of this outbreak like the last is not down to inadequate humanitarian response. it is because of systemic failures poor health education that means many local people dismiss outbreaks as hoaxes and even attack or sometimes kill healthcare workers;
that shows that as an interconnected world we have so far failed to learn and act on important lessons from that earlier epidemic.
a global health workforce crisis that is worst in poor countries fragile states and conflict zones and in which rich countries poach health workers from poor countries.
article twenty four of the charter of fundamental rights of the european union says that the views of children shall be taken into consideration on matters which concern them'.
we must ensure that we actively seek the views of children in proposed laws that will affect them because if the voice of the child is not heard they are more likely to face discrimination.
madam president the question i ask is how can we more actively involve children in our work and in the laws that we shape?
it's no accident that in my own country almost four zero children are now living without a home in homeless accommodation according to the department of housing statistics.
finally just to pay tribute to our national broadcaster rte which has a hearing on climate change for children in our parliament this friday.
since the indian government's revocation of the special status of jammu and kashmir on five august much of the state has been effectively cut off from the outside world.
we must apply those same standards to any agreement with the republic of india and we must urgently demand that international observers be allowed freely into kashmir.
in european union trade agreements we increasingly insist that respect for human rights must be included.
the indian government contends that this is solely an internal matter.
madam president the situation in kashmir is a growing threat to regional peace in south asia.
madam president honourable members thank you very much for your very important interventions.
let me assure you once again that the presidency and the council as a whole is committed to the fight against impunity for crimes against journalists.
the freedoms of expression and the press enshrined in the eu charter of fundamental rights need to be guaranteed in all member states and those who fall victim to crimes must receive justice.
we reiterate our commitment to combatting impunity for crimes against journalists and to continue using all appropriate means possible to respect and to protect freedom of expression and to ensure the safety of journalists and media workers. the eu already provides financial and expert support for human rights defenders and media monitoring in the eu.
we further foster the protection of journalists bloggers and media workers in many countries with financial and expert support.