09 ott 2006
PREFACE
It is a pleasure for me to present this eighth EU Annual Report on Human Rights. The first Report was published in 1999, during the previous Finnish EU Presidency. During these years the basic objective of the Report has not changed: it is a unique source of information concerning the EU's human rights policies and the action it has taken to implement them. It is also a means to reflect what we in the EU have achieved, whether we have been coherent and consistent enough, and in which areas there might be room for improvement.