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Europe must stop complicity in conflict minerals
Original Script Date: March 25, 2015
Script Version: 1
Locations: European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
Dates Shot: March 25, 2015
Sound: natural with Italian speech, natural with French speech
Duration: 02:39
Source: S&D group
Restriction: none
Intro
Brussels, 25th of March In the current debate taking place in the European Parliament on conflict
minerals, Socialist & Democrat MEPs are fighting to obtain a binding legislation on the traceability of
raw materials.
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (MARCH 25, 2015) (SOCIALISTS AND DEMOCRATS, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ACCESS ALL)
1. CUTAWAY: VARIOUS OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN BRUSSELS (EXTERIOR)
2. CUTAWAY: VARIOUS OF GREETINGS BETWEEN DR MUKWEGE AND GIANNI PITTELLA
3. DR. DENIS MUKWEGE (GYNEACOLOGIST AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST) SAYING (FRENCH):
“The trade of minerals in Eastern Congo is a huge problem. These minerals bring money to
armed groups who commit atrocities against civilian population.”
4. CUTAWAY: VARIOUS OF D. MUKWEGE AND G. PITTELLA TALKING TOGETHER
5. DR. DENIS MUKWEGE (GYNEACOLOGIST AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST) SAYING (FRENCH):
“We expect Europe not to make a voluntary law where everyone could decide in good
conscience. We need a compulsory law which would enable to know minerals' origin and inform
consumers.”
6. CUTAWAY: VARIOUS OF D. MUKWEGE AND G. PITTELLA TALKING TOGETHER
7. GIANNI PITTELLA (PRESIDENT OF THE S&D GROUP) SAYING (ITALIAN):
“ We will fight hard to obtain a binding legislation on the traceability of raw material. We cannot
allow our cell phones and our computers to be made with materials that are extracted through
forced child labour.”
8. 10. CUTAWAY: VARIOUS OF D. MUKWEGE AND G. PITTELLA TALKING TOGETHER
9. GIANNI PITTELLA (PRESIDENT OF THE S&D GROUP) SAYING (ITALIAN):
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“ We have two major aims: the first one is to support the work of this veritable angel on Earth,
Denis. We will soon visit his hospital.”
10. CUTAWAY: VARIOUS OF D. MUKWEGE AND G. PITTELLA TALKING TOGETHER
11. GIANNI PITTELLA (PRESIDENT OF THE S&D GROUP) SAYING (ITALIAN):
“Our second aim is to visit some mines and witness this terrible phenomenon with our own eyes,
to bring this vision back home with us and make it our guiding light in this war.”
12. CUTAWAY: VARIOUS OF D. MUKWEGE AND G. PITTELLA TALKING TOGETHER
Story
In the current debate taking place in the European Parliament on conflict minerals, Socialist &
Democrat MEPs are fighting to obtain a binding legislation on the traceability of raw materials.
Eastern Congo has been the scene of atrocious crimes over the past 20 years. Around 500,000
women and girls have endured systematic rape and mutilation by local armed groups who use sexual
violence as a weapon of terror and destruction.
These war crimes are often funded through the illegal trade in minerals - used in many of our
essential electronic devices. Socialist & Democrat MEPs stand to stop this complicity.
Yesterday, S&D leader Gianni Pittella met with Congolese human rights activist and 2014 Sakharov
Prize laureate Dr Denis Mukwege to reiterate his strong commitment to help stop these atrocities
and ban the use of conflict minerals in Europe and abroad.
The video package includes natural soundbites with Dr. Denis Mukwege and S&D leader Gianni
Pittella. Subtitles available (EN).
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