Brazil and the United States signed Thursday a Joint Action Plan to eliminate ethnic-racial discrimination and to promote equal opportunities for all in the two countries.
The plan was signed by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Brazilian Racial Equality Minister Edson Santos.
An Administration Group was created to carry out those objectives and examine racial equality during Rice's visit to Brasilia.
The text of the memorandum stressed the shared "democratic, multiethnic and multiracial" characteristics of the two countries and opened the way for information-sharing to eliminate discrimination.
The Group will meet alternately in Brazil and the United States to elaborate recommendations for joint action and sending reports to their respective governments.
The Group will include aspects linked to Education, culture and communication, work and employment, housing, law, discrimination policies, sports and health.
Education will receive priority to fight against ethnic-racial discrimination.
The document also contemplates joint actions in other countries, especially in Africa.
During Rice's visit, she met President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and her counterpart Celso Amorim in the Brazilian capital, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Source:Xinhua
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