European Year against Racism 1997

The presidency noted that none of the delegations had any basic problems with the content of the draft resolution being proposed by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting in Council session, as submitted by the Permanent Representatives Committee. However the UK delegation was unable to consent because of its general position (linked to the BSE problem) as regards decisions to be taken by unanimous agreement. The presidency hoped that the text might be adopted as soon as possible as an ‘A’ item and looked forward to the Florence European Council formally declaring the European Year against Racism.