In my view, some very positive measures have been adopted to that end, including the conversion of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Forum into the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly – an affirmation of a parliamentary political component which will make the interregional dialogue a permanent, institutional feature – and the declaration of 2005 as the ‘ Year of the Mediterranean’ by the Euro-Mediterranean Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
– Signor Presidente, signor Presidente in carica del Consiglio, signora Commissario, siamo tutti d’ accordo sul fatto che i diritti umani sono universali e indivisibili e rappresentano anche una misura della qualità delle relazioni internazionali.