Ms Blanca Blanco:

Dr. Pas y Paz Bailey identifies three ways of contributing and strengthening the European Union's contribution to Guatemala. One is the implementation of the human rights clause on the association agreement between the European Union and Central America. Dr. Pas y Paz Bailey did not mention that there will be a summit next June in Brussels, the EU-CLAC summit. The Heads of State from Latin America should be taking part in that. It will be a way of entering into dialogue. The European Union Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders have been in place for the past ten years but Dr. Paz y Paz Bailey encourages the European Union to continue monitoring and implementing the recommendations in the guidelines in Guatemala in terms of socialisation. The European Union should continue offering political and financial support to the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, which is a United Nations body.