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"Mr President, I voted in favour of this motion for a resolution, perhaps for all the reasons mentioned just now by Ms Mazzoni. Sexual orientation and gender identity is still a cause of serious human rights violations in many countries. People belonging to this minority are more likely to be victims of discrimination and ill-treatment. In many countries, sexual orientation and gender identity is a reason not only for criminal prosecution, but also for inhuman treatment, torture or even the imposition of the death penalty, which is totally unacceptable for us. Such a violation of human rights is incompatible with the fundamental principles of the European Union and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, according to which every person should have the same rights without any discrimination. I therefore also welcome the UN resolution, which is the first of its kind in general to be devoted specifically to violations of human rights based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and which thus demonstrates the universality of human rights. It supports open dialogue in this area, and I firmly believe that the EU should take a unified approach to the application of human rights when carrying out both its external and its internal activities."@en1
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