Descripción de Council of Europe high level meeting on Roma- Oct 20, 2010:

Strasbourg, Oct 20, 2010 (Fonet) -- Council of Europe and the European Commission believe something must be done to improve the position of Roma, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland and European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Viviane Reding. At a joint news conference, Jagland said the CoE will train 450 mediators, who would help the Roma to fulfill their basic rights such are the rights to an apartment and education, but if there is financial support, their number could increase to 1400. They would mediate between the Roma population and the civic society, Jagland explained. According to him, the CoE also wants to train around 100 lawyers who could help the Roma fulfill their rights. These are measures which would be implemented immediately if the participants of the conference on Roma decide to do so. The Conference is held at the CoE Headquarters, Jagland said. We have been talking for a long time about this problem, but little has been done and this should be used to do even more, Jagland emphasized. Reding said around 10 million Roma, EU citizens, live in poverty, without education or future for improving their position. We should not resolve legal problems and forget about people's problems, she warned. Reding emphasized that everything that happened lately regarding the Roma has been a warning that something must be done. www.fonet.rs --------------------------------------------------------------------- STRAZBUR, 20. oktobar 2010. (FoNet) - Savet Evrope i Evropska komisija smatraju da se mora učiniti nešto za poboljšanje položaja Roma, izjavili su danas u Strazburu generalni sekretar Saveta Evrope (SE) Torbjorn Jagland i evropski komesar za pravdu, osnovna prava i državljanstvo Vivijan Reding. Jagland je, na zajedničkoj konferenciji za štampu, rekao da je SE spreman da obuči 450 medijatora, koji bi pomogli Romima da ostvare osnovna prava kao što su pravo na stan i obrazovanje, a ako dobije finansijsku podršku, njihov broj se može povećati na 1400. Oni bi posredovali izmedju romskog stanovništva i civilnog društva, objasnio je Jagland. Prema njegovim rečima, SE hoće da obuči i oko 100 pravnika koji bi pomogli Romima da ostvaruju svoja prava. To su mere koje bi se sprovele odmah, ukoliko tako odluče učesnici Konferencije o Romima, koja se održava u sedištu SE, rekao je Jagland. Već dugo pričamo o ovom problemu, ali se malo šta uradilo i trebalo bi ovo iskoristi da uradimo mnogo više, naglasio je on. Reding je podsetila da oko 10 miliona Roma, koji su državljani Evropske unije, žive u siromaštvu bez školovanja i perspektive za poboljšavanje oložaja. Ne treba da rešavamo pravne probleme, a da pri tom zaboravljamo na ljudske probleme, upozorila je ona. Reding je istakla da je sve što se desilo u poslednje vreme u vezi Roma bilo upozorenje da nešto mora da se uradi. www.fonet.rs