Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Democratic Republic of Congo: Presentation
3:40 pm
Mr. Jim Clarken:
Briefly, to answer Deputy O'Sullivan and Deputy Durkan, we must ensure that companies are signed up to the protocols that exist, namely, the OECD protocols and the EU protocols. We must put pressure on those companies. Some international companies are also engaged in this country. The protocols exist; we just need to exert sustained pressure to ensure that a fair and transparent system is in place for the extractives industry in particular dealing with countries such as the Congo.
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