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"Even if in the adopted texts, which form the very essence of what we are talking about, little progress was made, the theoretical contemplation of the fight against racism clearly shows a strong, political will to banish racism. A call is also made for taking an impressive number of specific measures which aim to fight this scourge globally. As such, the lion’s share of the 220 articles of the action programme consist of preventive, educational and protective measures which aim to eradicate racism at all levels, as well as strategies which endeavour to attain out-and-out equality of all people worldwide.
By way of example, I will list a few measures which should strengthen the national and regional institutions in their fight against racism, and which must encourage them to step up their mutual cooperation. Other measures aim to educate people to respect human rights, change their mentality and to grant non-discriminating access to education. Still other measures place the role of the political parties in the foreground, allowing them to develop internal codes of conduct which will prohibit their members from making public speeches which incite racism.
In addition, there are also measures which must help in the fight against racism in the workplace. The action programme also contains a number of statutory, judicial, regulatory and administrative measures which must prevent racism and must offer protection against this plague. The time was too short to bring all negotiations to a good end. That is why it was impossible to complete the discussions on certain important points, such as the caste system or race discrimination in combination with the death penalty.
However, the European Union did manage to have important themes included in all definitive texts. These themes include the gender issue, better child protection and the fight against the trafficking in human beings, especially women and children. Here too, I would like to emphasise the difficulties arising from the use of the concept of ‘race’. Today, it is a fact that each theory which supports the existence of different human races is scientifically flawed. The European Union would like the use of language to follow this trend."@en1
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