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And the stone of hope are you, the 1,000 from
governments and civil society, north and south, who have
participated in this forum and the four regional ones
despite everything, despite the obstacles even threats and
pressures, willing to move on despite the costs and
obstacles, sometimes at great personal sacrifice, to try to
send a clear message that we must do more and we must
do better if truly the international community, national
governments, the United Nations are committed to what
is proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, All human beings are born free and equal in dignity
and rights. What we have heard yesterday and today is
that unfortunately, for many minorities, this is not what
happens, even if it is what must happen because there
cannot be true peace, stability and prosperity without the
presence of justice.
30 years after the adoption of the UN Declaration on the
rights of minorities, we must do much more. And as