Mr. Duarte, thank you for being here and for explaining to us some of the issues faced by your country, Colombia.
You indicated that crime against trade unionists has dropped by 70%. Our statistics tell us that, at the same time, the rate of union membership has gone from 15% to 3%. This is a significant drop in union membership.
Is the reduction in crimes against union members linked to the fact that Colombia presently has fewer union members?
But other information tells us that the present government has solved less than 3% of the crimes against trade unionists. About 400 union members have been killed since Mr. Uribe came to power and about seven people have been convicted after murder attempts.
How do you account for those figures? I ask the question because I want to know if it is because of a weakness in security.