The International Labour Organization estimates that 43 per cent of all labour extracted as a result of human trafficking involves commercial sexual exploitation, that 32 per cent involves economic exploitation, and that the remaining 25 per cent of persons trafficked into forced labour are subjected to both economical and commercial sexual exploitation or are trafficked for purposes that cannot be determined.

So, for example, forced labour involving commercial sexual exploitation is more prevalent in industrialized countries than it is in transition or developing economies where forced labour for economic exploitation is more common.

The third point is “a farm management approach which supports strategic fallowing to create a migratory corridor for pink salmon, in addition to improved fish health management protocols and standards” (1240) Mr. Gordon Ennis: That's not exactly our recommendation. It's similar to our high-risk recommendation, but there are differences.

AQ. whereas mapping of the human genome, completed during the past year by the American company Celera Genomics and the Human Genome Project group, has prompted intense debate in the Union on the question of whether human genes should be patentable; whereas genome sequencing has sparked off an unprecedented race to the imminently expected ‘genetic loot’; whereas the ability to isolate, identify, and recombine genes makes it possible for the first time to tap a common stock of genes as a source of raw materials, the economic exploitation of which would be encouraged precisely by the possible award of patents,

Mrs Auroi’s report, with the amendments adopted by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, correct this timid proposal by extending it to farms that operate in accordance with Regulation 1257/99 on rural development, and by including, from 2002, the growing of leguminous fodder crops on land left fallow in conventional livestock farms.

5. The following priority aspects of development aid action must be taken into account: (a) promotion of local economic development through support for small and medium-sized businesses, cooperatives and the informal sector, and for agricultural, craft, industrial, and commercial production, with encouragement of access to credit, technical assistance and training, in particular for women and young entrepreneurs; (b) encouragement of vocational training closely linked with local economic potential in the context of local policies and sustainable policies and initiatives to boost employment; (c) promotion of action to reduce cases of in ...[+++]security and violence by improving the operation of public institutions in the context of the rule of law; (d) increased opportunities for all members of society - in particular, women, the young and disadvantaged groups - to participate in development action and the democratic process; (e) improvement of the operation of basic health services, preventive medicine and community health programmes and action designed to meet the priority health concerns of communities; (f) promotion of basic education and all educational initiatives and action to encourage communities to put down stronger roots; (g) promotion of methods for the economic exploitation of natural resources which can also have a positive impact on the environment and improve the quality of life of communities; (h) general and programmatic support for developing countries involved with the reintegration of returning migrants; (i) decentralized cooperation, particularly as part of long- term programmes, as a means of establishing the necessary lasting links between development aid and immigration policy.