A/HRC/7/19/Add.3 page 23 91. Particular attention should be granted to the vulnerable situation of the Roma community. The Government should reinforce its National Action Plan “Roma in Latvia 2007-2009”, aiming at both promoting and respecting their cultural identity and living cultural expressions and at eradicating the deep cultural stigma affecting the community, their social and economic marginalization, particularly the poor educational attainment of Roma children and the drastically high unemployment rates among Roma citizens. The programme should also have a strong component that focuses on sensitizing society at large to Roma history and traditions, including their fate during the Holocaust, in order to eliminate the negative stigma and stereotypes constantly associated with the Roma. 92. The Government should develop mandatory training schemes for all law enforcement officials, including border guards, focusing on human rights education in general and racism and discrimination in particular. Achieving a multicultural composition and training of these officials will in the medium-term improve their relations with, and increase respect for, minority communities. Additionally, adequate mechanisms should be put in place to identify and punish unprofessional behaviour of law enforcement officials when dealing with minorities, in particular in cases of harassment and racial, ethnic or religious profiling. 93. The Government should promote a profound process of multiculturalism in Latvian society, based both on the recognition and the respect of the cultural and religious diversity of its different communities, old and recent, and the strengthening of the unity of the nation. Education, in particular the writing and teaching of history, based on this dialectical approach should play a key role in this long-term process. 94. The Government should strengthen its cooperation with civil society, which has been playing an important monitoring role for human rights violations and legislative developments in the realm of racism and discrimination. Civil society should be encouraged to further its work in providing legal counsel to victims, as well as access to international instruments, both at the international and regional levels. 95. In parallel with a political and legal strategy, the Government, in cooperation with civil society, should adopt an ethical and cultural strategy that addresses the deepest roots of racism, xenophobia and intolerance and is built around the promotion of reciprocal knowledge of cultures and values, interaction among the different communities and the link between the fight against racism, xenophobia and discrimination and the long-term construction of a democratic, egalitarian and interactive multicultural society. -----