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European Year Of Equal Opportunities For All
The European Year of Equal Opportunities for All was held in 2007. This designation was made on 31 May 2005 by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. It was part of a concerted effort to promote equality and non-discrimination in the European Union. Main working themes The four core themes of the European Year proposed by the European Commission were: * Rights – raising awareness of the right to equality and non-discrimination * Representation (politics), Representation – stimulating a debate on ways to increase the participation of under-represented groups in society * Recognition – celebrating and accommodating diversity * Respect and Toleration, tolerance – promoting a more cohesive society Official Translations * in Dutch (Nederlands): 'Europees Jaar voor Gelijke Kansen voor Iedereen' (NL) * in German (Deutsch): 'Europäisches Jahr der Chancengleichheit' (DE) External linksOfficial Site [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
