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"Mr President, a man died. He had been known as a merciless avenger by many, even though he had been seeking justice, not revenge. He was motivated by the conviction that if people who had committed crimes can leave the past behind without any consequences, this past would return, poisoning both the present and the future. Simon Wiesenthal died.
He was human and sometimes made mistakes. But he could not come to terms with the fact that Europe, the new world building a collective future based on its common values, had already been united once in the past. United in the assumption of racial superiority, in condemnation, ostracism and hatred. A 96-year-old man passed away. His legacy to us is the knowledge that contempt for another human being and taking human lives should never be allowed to unite Europe again. Let us think of him when we work to ensure that the unity of the new Europe is based on equal treatment and equal opportunities. In remembrance of him we ask the Committee that in paragraph 13 ..."@en1
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