whereas female genital mutilation is a fundamental violation of the rights of women and children and whereas it is absolutely necessary to assign efforts to combat genital mutilation and sexual violence a central role in the EU’s external policy and human rights policy;
ker je pohabljanje ženskih spolnih organov huda kršitev pravic žensk in otrok in ker je treba boju proti tej praksi in proti spolnemu nasilju nameniti osrednje mesto v zunanji politiki EU in njeni politiki na področju človekovih pravic;