HTML Character entity references on SQLQuery

I am trying retrieve the data thru XMLElement and I like to do a HTML Character entity references. I guess XMLElement does it with the proper character set translations and I was not successul in getting it correct. Could you please help me out. My DB character set it UTF-8.
For example, the "acute" e needs to be translated to its hexa equivalent. I tried it by setting the mid-tier's client's NLS but with no success. I dont want to scan the each character and convert it.
create table master.temp_xml_encode
(party_name_id NUMBER(15),
party_id NUMBER(15),
party_name VARCHAR2(200) );
PARTY_NAME_ID PARTY_ID PARTY_NAME
3831587 5496840 The West Company México, S.A. de C.V.
3844362 5496730 Schiønning & Arvé A/S
3847940 5496836 West Rubber de España, S.A.
4047634 5983166 Timberland España, S.L.
4266163 5983166 Timberland España, S.A.
4285954 6482794 The Young Women¿s Christian Association of Central New Jersey
SELECT XMLELEMENT("party_id", party_id,
xmlforest(party_name_id AS "partynameid",
party_name AS "partyname"
FROM master.temp_xml_encode
Thanks for your help

And Yes forgot to add one thing, the index.jsp is a part of the application supplied by vendor and I do not have src of the struts actions (no control on server side code).
I need to find a solution from client's side.

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