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Yerevan to host a high-level conference on “Combating racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in Europe”

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, will open in Yerevan a High Level Conference on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in Europe on 21 October.

The conference takes place in the framework of the Armenian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and brings together state representatives, governmental, international and independent experts, representatives of international organisations and civil society.

During the conference the participants will have the opportunity to reflect upon racism and xenophobia in political discourse, the role of human rights institutions in combating racial and ethnic discrimination as well as topics related to combating hate speech and racial stereotypes on social networks and media.

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