By Sustainability team
6th August 2010.
17:16
Margot Wallström (previously EU commissioner now UN Secretary General Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict) wrote a petition in a Swedish daily asking Sweden and EU to start process to regulate against use of conflict minerals. She writes that she see a link between the extraction of these minerals and abuse of women. The main objective of such a law would be to try to stop the illigal trade of minerals and metals from conflict regions. In US there is already a draft bill on the topic.
Sony Ericsson supports attempts to stop the trade of illegal minerals and certainly all efforts to stop the appalling conditions surrounding illegal mining. This was also discussed in a TV show this morning. It will be interesting to see if it is possible to develop any regulation that is feasible to implement and possible to enforce. This is an extremely complex and difficult topic and a law on its own will not solve the issue.
Se us dicuss this topic on Swedish National TV (sorry in Swedish);
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