In the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) delegates have been furiously debating on Child Labour in the Cocoa Industry. There are currently two “clusters of ideas” on the floor. One of which are sponsored by the delegates of Germany, the United States of America, and China who have been working tirelessly. They hope to present their solutions in the next committee session.
Currently, delegates have been discussing a lot about "unions” which China has described as “a group of people that unite cocoa farms which gives them a voice.” Of the numerous solutions that China is proposing, one solution calls upon Fairtrade International, an organization that deals with illegal cocoa farms, to continue monitoring and reporting illegal cocoa farms. Overall, the solutions emphasize that there must be an expansion in the United Nations Food Program in cocoa producing countries to make sure that cocoa farms are in fact taking part in legal practices.
In an interview with AFP, Lesotho explained that its country's stance is very pro-education. Lesotho stated that education should be offered to both cocoa producers and consumers. The education offered to the cocoa producers would be on punishments given out if the farmer were to use illegal practices. However, the education given to the consumer would be about what some cocoa farmers do to create the cocoa. This education could include the horrible practices farmers decide to use to create the cocoa. If this education were to get through to the consumers and producers of cocoa, it could heavily limit the child labour.
In another interview with Xavi Delgado, the Director of the CRC, and the two Chairs, Yvonne Deng and Louise Lu, they expressed their gratitude to the delegates who have been working extremely hard to produce the best resolutions that they could. Xavi claimed that there were two blocs and delegates were quite torn between the two. He said that delegates kept on switching between blocs. They explained to the AFP that all delegates agree that this topic has to have multiple solutions; that this topic isn’t a single level problem. There are multiple problems to this topic and delegates must figure out a way to deal with all of these problems. When asked whether or not the committee has come to consensus about anything, the Director answered that all delegates agree on broader topics.
Currently, delegates have been discussing a lot about "unions” which China has described as “a group of people that unite cocoa farms which gives them a voice.” Of the numerous solutions that China is proposing, one solution calls upon Fairtrade International, an organization that deals with illegal cocoa farms, to continue monitoring and reporting illegal cocoa farms. Overall, the solutions emphasize that there must be an expansion in the United Nations Food Program in cocoa producing countries to make sure that cocoa farms are in fact taking part in legal practices.
In an interview with AFP, Lesotho explained that its country's stance is very pro-education. Lesotho stated that education should be offered to both cocoa producers and consumers. The education offered to the cocoa producers would be on punishments given out if the farmer were to use illegal practices. However, the education given to the consumer would be about what some cocoa farmers do to create the cocoa. This education could include the horrible practices farmers decide to use to create the cocoa. If this education were to get through to the consumers and producers of cocoa, it could heavily limit the child labour.
In another interview with Xavi Delgado, the Director of the CRC, and the two Chairs, Yvonne Deng and Louise Lu, they expressed their gratitude to the delegates who have been working extremely hard to produce the best resolutions that they could. Xavi claimed that there were two blocs and delegates were quite torn between the two. He said that delegates kept on switching between blocs. They explained to the AFP that all delegates agree that this topic has to have multiple solutions; that this topic isn’t a single level problem. There are multiple problems to this topic and delegates must figure out a way to deal with all of these problems. When asked whether or not the committee has come to consensus about anything, the Director answered that all delegates agree on broader topics.