As regards the death penalty, we made it explicitly clear to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia that the European Union is opposed to its use in all circumstances and considers its abolition a crucial step towards the advancement of human dignity.

We shall continue to need great political will on the part of the Union so that respect for human rights genuinely provides added value in international agreements and in the promotion of dignity and so that the introduction of the clause is not a dead letter and so that it is not used in a hypocritical fashion and only applied when it suits our interests.

To fight poverty is to promote human dignity in a spirit of elementary justice and kindness.

15. Calls on employers to participate more broadly in promoting, supporting and strengthening the process of non-discrimination in the workplace; stresses the importance of the positive involvement of employers and the positive effects of diversity policy on the workplace; welcomes the conclusion of the negotiations of the European social partners on a framework agreement on harassment and violence in the workplace and enforcing existing legislation in this sphere as an example of how to promote decent work in Europe; calls on the Commission to check that such agreement is actually complied with and implemented; urges employers, in a ...[+++]ccordance with the principle of corporate social responsibility, to uphold equality and combat racial and ethnic discrimination and exclusion with regard to education and training for workers;

Canada's actions in the international forum affirms its own commitment to the preservation and enhancement of human dignity and to the abolition of the death penalty.

Human rights: The Community and the ACP States stressed the importance of human rights and the link between development and the promotion of human dignity.