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Dear President Gbagbo, I am writing to express my deep concern on the use of forced and illegal child labour in the cocoa industry in Cote d’Ivoire. It is reported that these Malian children have been beaten and forced to work 12 to 14 hours a day with no pay and little food or sleep. Malian children had been trafficked into Cote d’Ivoire and forced to work on cocoa farms.
I urge you to take all the necessary measures to immediately abolish the practice of child labour and forced labour and amend all Cote d’Ivoire legislation to expressly prohibit the use of child labour.
I also urge you to bring to justice those who found responsible for imposing child labour. Lastly, I urge the authorities to work on prohibition of child labour and on protection of the rights of workers, in cooperation with International Labour Organization(ILO) and other international organization.
Yours faithfully,
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President of the Republic
Monsieur Laurent Ghagbo
Présidence de la République
BP 1354, Abidjan 01
Cote d'Ivoire