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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt"><FONT
face=Arial>SHELL - Denunciada en Holanda, Irlanda, Nigeria, Filipinas, Rusia,
Inglaterra, Brasil, y ahora también en Argentina.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H1>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial>Denunciamos a
Shell por Violaciones Ambientales en Dock Sud<SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN
lang=ES-TRAD
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">El
28 de mayo FOCO y <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PersonName w:st="on"
ProductID="la Fundaci?n Amigos"><st1:PersonName w:st="on"
ProductID="la Fundaci?n">la Fundación</st1:PersonName> Amigos</st1:PersonName>
de <st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="la Tierra">la Tierra</st1:PersonName> de
Argentina denunciaron ante Cancillería Argentina y ante foros en Holanda, que la
planta Shell Capsa, ubicada en el polo petroquímico Dock Sud, viola normas
establecidas internacionalmente para regir el comportamiento empresario en
materia ambiental y social. Esta denuncia surge t</SPAN></I><I><SPAN
lang=ES-TRAD
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">ras
<st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="la Clausura Preventiva">la Clausura
Preventiva</st1:PersonName> de la planta que realizara <st1:PersonName w:st="on"
ProductID="la Secretaria">la Secretaria</st1:PersonName> de Ambiente y
Desarrollo Sustentable (SAyDS) de <st1:PersonName w:st="on"
ProductID="la Naci?n">la Nación</st1:PersonName></SPAN></I><I><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">
por una situación de gestión ambiental precaria e ilegal, con graves violaciones
de leyes nacionales.</SPAN></I><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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type="tight"></w:wrap></v:line><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">FOCO
-Foro Ciudadano de Participación por <st1:PersonName w:st="on"
ProductID="la Justicia">la Justicia</st1:PersonName> y los Derechos Humanos- y
<st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="la Fundaci?n Amigos">la Fundación
Amigos</st1:PersonName> de <st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="la Tierra">la
Tierra</st1:PersonName> de Argentina, presentaron el miércoles 28 de mayo una
<B>denuncia</B> en <st1:PersonName w:st="on"
ProductID="la Canciller?a Argentina">la Cancillería Argentina</st1:PersonName> y
en Holanda, por <B>violaciones ambientales</B> cometidas por <st1:PersonName
w:st="on" ProductID="la Empresa Shell">la Empresa Shell</st1:PersonName> Capsa a
las Directrices OCDE (</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Shell Dlg'; mso-fareast-language: ES">normas
que los Estados se comprometen a proteger en el accionar de su empresariado en
el exterior, incluyendo el cumplimiento con la legislación aplicable en cada
país)</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=ES-TRAD
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">La
denuncia presentada se fundamenta en las innumerables denuncias de la población
afectada por la contaminación provocada por la empresa y se apoya en
<st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="la Clausura Preventiva">la Clausura
Preventiva</st1:PersonName> de <st1:PersonName w:st="on"
ProductID="la Planta Shell">la Planta Shell</st1:PersonName> Capsa en Buenos
Aires, realizada por <st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="la Secretaria">la
Secretaria</st1:PersonName> de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable (SAyDS) de
<st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="la Naci?n. En">la Nación.
En</st1:PersonName></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">
su resolución final, <st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="la SayDS">la
SayDS</st1:PersonName>, concluye que la empresa se encontraba en una situación
de gestión ambiental precaria e ilegal, fundando su clausura en las reiteradas y
graves violaciones de las leyes nacionales.</SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Las
investigaciones realizadas por las organizaciones denunciantes, basándose en el
informe elevado por <st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="la SayDS">la
SAyDS</st1:PersonName>, llevaron a la detección de graves violaciones a los
principios enunciados y aceptados de manera internacional por los países
integrantes. E</SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">l
proceder de la empresa Shell,</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt">
es contrario a la legislación Administrativa, Ambiental y los Derechos Humanos
reconocidos por el derecho del Estado Argentino, y el Estado Holandés, donde se
radica la empresa madre de la multinacional.</SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Por
otro lado, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt">la
comunidad de Villa Inflamable </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">–ubicada
en el polo petroquímico Dock Sud y directamente afectada por el accionar de
Shell -<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt">pide
un espacio de interlocución con la empresa y acciones concretas para solucionar,
de manera efectiva e inmediata, las graves vulneraciones a sus derechos que
persisten desde que Shell empezó a refinar petróleo en el lugar, en los años
30.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><A
name=OLE_LINK1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Los
puntos de reclamo fundamentales de la denuncia se concentran, de manera general,
en: la creación de un mecanismo de comunicación y participación permanente con
los vecinos; la reparación económica por daños a la salud y la vida de la
comunidad; la relocalización de los vecinos del barrio hacia viviendas dignas,
limpias y libres de contaminación; el saneamiento ambiental de la zona; y la
promoción de un espacio de diálogo y participación que congregue todo el sector
petrolero que desarrolla actividades en la zona afectada.</SPAN></A><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"></SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Esta
denuncia internacional es un nuevo golpe para Shell Argentina (<SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">transnacional de origen británico y
holandés)</SPAN>, y principalmente para Shell Internacional, que se encuentra en
el medio de una gran disputa entre miembros de la comunidad, el gobierno
nacional, al igual que más de 50 empresas acusadas de causar daños irreparables
al ambiente y a la salud de los residentes. C</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt">on
esta denuncia se busca visibilizar el problema causado por Shell Argentina al
ambiente y a la comunidad - problema recurrente para la empresa y que le
significa denuncias en Holanda, Irlanda, Nigeria, Filipinas, Rusia, Inglaterra,
Brasil, y ahora Argentina – y </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Shell Dlg'; mso-fareast-language: ES">que
los gobiernos de Argentina y Holanda obren por que la empresa contribuya al
proceso de reparación de los </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: ES">daños
causados a la salud de los habitantes y al ambiente que los rodea.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Para mayor información comunicarse
con <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">FOCO<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tel: + 54 11 4772 –
8922<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">E-mail: <A
href="mailto:foco@inpade.org.ar"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">foco@inpade.org.ar</FONT></SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Amigos de
<st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="la Tierra">la
Tierra</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H3>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: FR"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: FR">Tel:</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> +54 11 4773- 5947</SPAN><SPAN
lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: FR"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: FR">E-mail :
</SPAN><EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="mailto:agua@amigos.org.ar"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">agua@amigos.org.ar</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></EM><SPAN
lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: FR"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><v:line
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from="0,6.55pt"><w:wrap type="tight"></w:wrap></v:line><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: FR"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H2 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; TEXT-DECORATION: none; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; text-underline: none; mso-ansi-language: FR"><U><FONT
face=Arial>¿Qué son las Directrices
OCDE ?<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoBodyText2 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las
Directrices<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>OCDE son
recomendaciones promovidas por los gobiernos a las empresas multinacionales.
Enuncian principios y normas voluntarias para una conducta empresarial
responsable compatible con la legislación aplicable. Dichos lineamientos brindan
al Estado y su sociedad una herramienta internacional de gran importancia a la
hora de controlar y proteger las leyes y derechos en su territorio. Permite
monitorear el accionar de empresas multinacionales y accionar contra estas en
caso de incumplimiento. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">¿Cuál
es la realidad que vive la comunidad de Villa
Inflamable?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=ES-TRAD
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">Villa
Inflamable, </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">se
encuentra en la periferia de Dock Sud, y a escasos metros de la planta de Shell
Capsa. Es un barrio cuyos habitantes conviven, diariamente y desde hace décadas,
con las emanaciones tóxicas provenientes del refinamiento de petróleo de Shell.
</SPAN><SPAN lang=ES-TRAD
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: ES-TRAD; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">Se
trata de una comunidad altamente vulnerable, por sus escasos recursos y bajos
ingresos, que adolece además, de la falta de infraestructura básica de
saneamiento y salubridad (agua, luz, gas, desagües, acceso a centros de salud,
etc.). Los habitantes de Villa Inflamable viven en su gran mayoría, bajo la
línea de pobreza y rechazan la existencia de la industria petrolera en la
localidad debido a la contaminación que la misma genera, y cuyas graves
consecuencias en la salud son soportadas por niños, madres, embarazadas,
ancianos, y demás vecinos.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">La
comunidad se encuentra en alto riesgo, debido a la presencia habitual en la zona
de 17 gases tóxicos y de metales pesados, como plomo y cromo. Lo que en efecto
es letal, es la forma en que pueden actuar cuando coexisten y se combinan
sometiendo a la población a co-exposiciones que comprometen el organismo en
forma total. Entre otras cosas, los chicos presentan un alto nivel de plomo en
sangre, las mujeres padecen trastornos en sus embarazos y los niños ven alterado
su metabolismo, poseen una talla y peso menor que la media y sufren
disminuciones en su coeficiente intelectual. A esto hay que sumarle la
inexistencia de un programa público de prevención y tratamiento
sistemático.</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">English
version<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
face=Arial>SHELL – Denounced in the Netherlands, Ireland, Nigeria, the
Philippines, Russia, the United Kingdom, Brazil and now also in Argentina. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H1>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US">We denounce Shell for Environmental Violations
in Dock Sud</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><I><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
28 th May, FOCO and </SPAN></I><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Friends
of the Land of Argentina Foundation</SPAN></I><I><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">
filed a formal complaint before the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Argentina and
before forums in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region> against the Shell Capsa plant,
located in the petrochemical hub of Dock Sud in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Buenos Aires</st1:place></st1:City>. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Shell Capsa violates established
international norms for the regulation of the behavior of corporations with
regards to social and environmental issues.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This formal complaint arises from the
plant’s preventative closure by the Secretary of the Environment and Sustainable
Development (SAyDS) of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Argentina</st1:country-region></st1:place> after determining the plant
to be in a situation of precarious and illegal environmental management, with
grave violations of national laws. </SPAN></I><I><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">FOCO
- Forum for Participation in Justice and Human Rights - and the Friends of the
Earth of Argentina Foundation, presented the 28 th may, a <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">formal complaint </B>before the Foreign
Affairs Ministry of Argentina and in the Netherlands, for <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">environmental violations </B>committed by
the Shell Capsa Corporation of the OCED Guidelines (</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'MS Shell Dlg'; mso-fareast-language: ES; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">norms
that the governments are committed to protecting in the work of its companies
outside the country, including compliance with the applicable legislation in
each country)</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">.</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
presented formal complaint is based on the innumerable reports by the population
affected by the company’s contamination and is supported by the preventative
closure of the Shell Capsa plant in Buenos Aires, demanded by the Secretary of
the Environment and Sustainable Development (SAyDS) of Argentina. In its final
resolution, the SAyDS concludes that the company has been found in a situation
of precarious and illegal environmental management, and that its closure is a
result of the repeated grave violations of national laws.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
investigations that have been conducted by the organizations presenting the
formal complaint, based on the report published by the SAyDS, show the company’s
grave violations of the international principles stated and accepted by the
countries involved. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The conduct of
the Shell Corporation violates administrative, environmental, and human rights
legislation recognized as law by the government of <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Argentina</st1:country-region> and the government of the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region></st1:place>, where the parent company
of Shell Corporation is located. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Furthermore,
the community of V</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">illa
Inflamable </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">–
the community located in the petrochemical hub of Dock Sud and directly affected
by the actions of Shell- requests the creation of a space for dialogue with the
company as well as concrete actions by the company to solve, in an effective and
immediate manner, the grave violations of their rights that have continued since
Shell began to refine oil at this plant in the 1930’s.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The
fundamental points of the formal complaint are concentrated, in a general way,
on: the creation of a permanent means of communication and participation with
the residents of the neighborhood; economic reparations for damage done to the
health and quality of life of those living in the community; the relocation of
the residents of the neighborhood to residences that are decent, clean, and free
of contamination; the environmental clean-up of the area; and the promotion of a
space for dialogue and participation that brings together all actors involved in
the petroleum sector that are developing activities in the affected area.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">This
international denouncement is a new blow to Shell Argentina (a <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">transnational division of a corporation
originating in Great Britain and the Netherlands), and more importantly for
Shell International, which finds itself in the middle of a large dispute between
members of the community, the national government, and more than fifty companies
accused of causing irreparable damage to the environment and health of the
residents of the area.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This
denouncement seeks to draw attention to the damage to the environment and the
community caused by Shell Argentina – a recurrent problem for the company,
proven by the formal complaints filed in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:country-region>, the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Philippines</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region>, the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United
Kingdom</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region>, and now <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Argentina</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>This formal complaint also seeks to
ensure that the governments of <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Argentina</st1:country-region> and the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region></st1:place> work to ensure that the
company contributes to the reparations process for the damage caused to the
health of the area’s inhabitants and the environment that surrounds them.</B>
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">For
further information, please contact</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">FOCO<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.4pt; TEXT-INDENT: 35.4pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tel: + 54 11 4772 –
8922<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">E-mail: <A
href="mailto:foco@inpade.org.ar"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">foco@inpade.org.ar</FONT></SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0cm"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Amigos de
<st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="la Tierra">la
Tierra</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H3>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: FR"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: FR">Tel:</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> +54 11 4773- 5947</SPAN><SPAN
lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: FR"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: FR">E-mail :
</SPAN><EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="mailto:agua@amigos.org.ar"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">agua@amigos.org.ar</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></EM><SPAN
lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: FR"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><v:line
id=_x0000_s1029
style="Z-INDEX: 4; LEFT: 0px; POSITION: absolute; TEXT-ALIGN: left; mso-wrap-edited: f"
wrapcoords="-38 0 -38 0 21677 0 21677 0 -38 0" to="423pt,24.15pt"
from="0,24.15pt"><w:wrap type="tight"></w:wrap></v:line><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H2 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR"><o:p><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><U><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></U></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></H2>
<H2 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR"><U><FONT
face=Arial>What are the OECD Guidelines?<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoBodyText2 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>The OECD
Guidelines are recommendations addressed by governments to multinational
enterprises operating in or from adhering countries. They provide voluntary
principles and standards for responsible business conduct in a variety of areas.
These Guidelines provide the States and their societies with an important
international tool to control and protect the laws and rights in their
territories. Allows multinational companies monitoring and act against them in
case of incompliancy. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">What
is the situation of Villa inflamable community?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: ES-TRAD; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Villa
Inflamable is located at periphery of Dock Sud, and a few short meters from the
Shell Capsa plant. It is a neighborhood whose inhabitants have been living, for
decades and on a daily basis, with the toxic fumes that are produced by the
refining of oil by Shell. This a community that is highly vulnerable, because of
its scant resources and low incomes, that further suffers from a lack of basic
infrastructure for sanitation and utilities (water, electricity, gas, plumbing,
access to health facilities, etc).</SPAN><A title=""
style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1" href="#_ftn1" name=_ftnref1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-special-character: footnote"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">[1]</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: ES-TRAD; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">
The residents of Villa Inflamable live, in their great majority, below the
poverty line and reject the existence of the oil industry as a result of the
contamination that the industry generates, whose grave health consequences have
affected children, mothers, pregnant women, the elderly and even
neighbors.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoFootnoteReference><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-special-character: footnote"><SPAN class=MsoFootnoteReference><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">[1]</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: ES-TRAD; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Reports:
Dorado 2005 and Swistun 2007.</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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