A boy Vojtech Sivak, 9, who said he wanted to be a carpenter when he
grows up, looks through the window of his house that he shares with six
other siblings and his parents in a small settlement near the village
of Mnisek nad Popradon August 20, 2001. The Roma issue will be a key
point at the United Nations conference againt racism in Durban, South
Africa, which starts August 31. Dimintrina Petrova, the director of the
European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) in Budapest said for the first time,
Roma will ask the world to recognize the discrimination they face in
Europe.

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