potential is not recognized or realized. Actions against persons belonging to minorities or
against minorities, or the failure to prevent such actions by other individuals, in person or
online, are neither rational nor reasonable. And above all – such anti-minority actions are not
about dignity for all, but only for some. She recalled that as a human being and an independent
expert on minority issues, she was hoping that this Forum and the 75th anniversary of both
resolutions – on the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the one titled The Fate of
Minorities, would give us all enough courage to understand what is really at stake – on the
ground, right now.
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