ALL ARE EQUAL
Support A1+!The PACE deputies are preparing for a campaign. The youth campaign “All are different, all are equal” will initiate in Strasbourg on June 29. Terry Devis, CoE Secretary General invited the deputies to participate in it. The youth campaign which will last till the 2007 autumn has the following slogan, “Diversity, human rights and participation.”
By diversity the campaign initiators mean that Europe presents various cultures and traditions. The protection of human rights is the CoE priority and finally by participation they assume that each person may have his share in the establishment of the future Europe where each person will have a right to be different but at the same time equal.
By the way, the CoE has initiated campaigns with the title “All are equal, all are different” a few times. The 1995 campaign was devoted to racism, xenophobia and intolerance combat. But this time the campaign will involve more spheres. “We just want to say that we are all different and equal regardless of our skin colour, culture, belief, mental and physical abilities and sexual orientation,” says the statement of the campaign committee.
Karine Asatryan
Strasbourg
