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3 Dec 2012

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Permanent Mission of Belgium to the UN in New York

Conference ‘children’s rights and business’: opening remarks by Minister Reynders

[The] “Children’s rights and Business principles”....will be at the core of the discussion of the conference today... It will be a major opportunity to hear experts who will explain how companies can implement these principles and why they should do it...But we should also recognize that it is sometimes quite difficult for a company to ensure that its supply chain is totally free of any risk...Companies should not automatically and systematically been blamed for any problem that would arise in their supply chain. But of course, the more attentive these companies will be to the issue, the better children’s rights will be protected.