As to the resources to be implemented in order to ensure maximum synergy between the work carried out in this area by, on the one hand, the United Nations High Commissioner's Office for Human Rights and, on the other, the Council of Europe' s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, but also the European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia, I would like to remind Baroness Ludford that, on 21 December 1998, the Council adopted a decision relating to the conclusion of an agreement for the purpose of establishing close cooperation between the Council of Europe and the European Monitoring Centre, and that the cooperation between these two institutions has actually been very fruitful.
Når det gælder foranstaltningerne til opnåelse af øget synergieffekt, henviser jeg til det arbejde, der udføres på dette felt dels af FN's Højkommissariat for Menneskerettigheder, dels af Europarådets Europæiske Kommission mod Racisme og Intolerance og dels af Det Europæiske Observatorium for Racisme og Fremmedhad. Fru Ludford, jeg erindrer om, at Rådet den 21. december 1998 traf beslutning om indgåelse af en aftale om etablering af et nærmere samarbejde mellem Det Europæiske Observatorium for Racisme og Fremmedhad og Europarådet.