If you will allow me, I would like to make a few brief comments.
One comment is in relation to the popularity rating of President Uribe. I agree with the statement made by the honourable Mr. Silva. I don't believe, Mr. Julian, that it's just a question of support by those who are close to the president. It's a sentiment that comes from the Colombian people. Many Colombians think that when they see that there is hope for the future in Colombia.
In relation to the false positives, I would like to say that this was obviously a situation that was actually denounced by the Minister of Justice in Colombia. And as Senator Robledo said, there are lots of court cases currently under way. This means that, in the case of parapolitics, which was mentioned here before, the government has decided, as we say in Spanish, to take the bull by the horns and to confront a situation that is shameful for our country and that shows the need to clean up all levels of government. So these are events that are actually rejected by all Colombians, but they are being dealt with in court.
In relation to the labour agreement and whether it will improve the situation or not, I believe it will improve it. If you read the preamble carefully, it shows not only the wish to preserve the existing norms and regulations, but to further develop international commitments, and the ILO agreements are mentioned in the preamble.
Also, the system that Mr. Julian was mentioning, in relation to the fines, warrants careful reading because it refers to the dispute settlement mechanism that creates different levels of adjudication so that a person, if they can truly show that the regulations have been violated, can take a state to court. In other words, situations will be submitted to three different levels, one of which can define whether a violation actually has been committed in terms of trade and if it deals with trade. In that case, fines can be levied.
We talk about $15 million in relation to the U.S., which is a low amount if you compare it to a human life, of course, as you said. But in fact, in the case of Colombia, $15 million is the equivalent of the budget of the social security department, so it's not a question of compensating violations of labour rights with a fine, but what we want is for that fine to go to a fund that has to be reinvested in the country that has violated the regulations in order to improve labour conditions. Senator Robledo has talked about improving labour laws, and this is one example.
Thank you.