Translation of "Spécialiste des industries minière et forestière " (French → English) :

Competitiveness in the Canadian mining and forestry industries

14. Urges the DPRK Government to stop its State-sponsored forced labour programme under which foreign countries have hired tens of thousands of North Korean labourers under illegal conditions, mainly in mining, logging, textile and construction projects, which has generated hard currency to help maintain the regime; points out that in this case the responsibility to protect labour rights extends to hosting states which should ensure the protection of labour and human rights standards;

21. Recalls that the EU-Andean Sustainability Impact Assessment (2009) predicted that deforestation and reduced biodiversity would result from the projected expansion of the agriculture and timber industries, as well as social conflict from the expansion of mining, hydrocarbon extraction and logging activities in rural areas;

The mining and logging industries say the same.

20. Notes the positive steps taken in the current reforms of the Transparency Directive and the Accounting Directive, respectively, in addressing the issue of CSR while balancing the legitimate quest for transparency and responsibility with the burden of reporting by companies; strongly supports the legislative proposal for country-by-country reporting based on the EITI standards and for reporting on sales and profits, as well as taxes and revenues, in order to discourage corruption and prevent tax avoidance; stresses that such country-by-country-reporting should cover those sectors which, in Myanmar/Burma, have been directly linked to ...[+++] serious and systematic human rights abuses and environmental destruction, such as mining, timber, oil and gas;