ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, UN RIGHTS EXPERT URGES GREATER INCLUSION FOR ROMA

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ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, UN RIGHTS EXPERT URGES GREATER INCLUSION FOR ROMA
New York, Apr 8 2013 6:00PM
European Member States must do more to ensure that Roma peoples
receive the support necessary to fully enjoy all their basic human
rights, an independent United Nations expert said today while
acknowledging that States were already headed in the right direction
on the issue.

"It is a positive development that the fate of Europe's largest and
most marginalized minority group, the Roma, is more and more on the
international human rights agenda," Rita Izsák, the UN expert on
minority rights, said in a
<"http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13214&LangID=E">news
release marking International Roma Day.

"However, political and legislative commitments must be implemented in
reality to bring the so much needed changes into the lives of Roma,"
she added.

In many cases, she said, serious abuses were suffered by Roma, whom
the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has
estimated number some 12 million Roma throughout Europe, with other
sizeable populations residing in Latin America, often on the margins
of society.

Ms. Izsák cited the example of a Roma woman named Elena who reported
that she, along with 87 other women, had been subjected to a forced
sterilization campaign by authorities. Others, such as 30 year old
Sorina, are exposed to discrimination in the work place and face
limited opportunities for employment.

"We must not forget the millions of other Roma who need our attention,
commitment and efforts today so that they can enjoy all their basic
human rights," the UN expert continued, urging the international
community to "go beyond words and take action."

She acknowledged that a number of Governments have stepped up their
efforts in addressing the pervasive human rights abuses and reached
out to local Romani communities in an effort to provide them with
better access to social benefits.

In Moldova, for instance, the Romani settlement of Schinoasa, housing
almost 300 people, lacked access to drinking water, requiring the
population to walk to a distant well providing water of poor quality.

In 2012, however, a pump station started providing a centralized water
supply for villagers from Schinoasa in the framework of a joint
project led by two UN programmes and the local administration,
according to OHCHR.

"Every one of us can play a part and reach out to seek the views and
visions of Roma people on how and what they want to see as a change in
their societies," Ms. Izsák stressed. "And then work together for that
change, so that we can all live together in peace, dignity and truly
achieve unity in diversity."
Apr 8 2013 6:00PM
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