9. De Europese Unie betreurt dat het racisme zich overal in de wereld blijft manifesteren, in allerlei gedaanten, gaande van discriminerende praktijken, ongelijke toegang tot goederen en diensten, aanzetten tot haat door bepaalde media, partijen, politici en machthebbers tot onmenselijke en vernederende behandeling, gewelddaden en de ernstigste vormen van vervolging en misdaad, waaronder slavernij en etnische zuivering.
9. The European Union deplores the persistence of racism everywhere in the world, in its many and various forms, ranging from discriminatory practices, inequality of access to goods and services, incitement to hatred on the part of certain media, political parties and political figures and leaders to inhuman and degrading forms of treatment, acts of violence and the most serious forms of persecution and crime, including slavery and ethnic cleansing.