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 Part II, article 7,  describes several objectives and principles on which Parties shall base their policies, legislation and practice. Concerning education, a few paragraphs stand out:
-  * 1c) the need for resolute action to promote regional or minority languages in order to safeguard them;
-  * 1d) the facilitation and/or encouragement of the use of regional or minority languages, in speech and writing, in public and private life;
+  - In respect of regional or minority languages, within the territories in which such languages are used and according to the situation of each language, the Parties shall base their policies, legislation and practice on the following objectives and principles:
-  * 1f) the provision of appropriate forms and means for the teaching and study of regional or minority languages at all appropriate stages;
+    * c) the need for resolute action to promote regional or minority languages in order to safeguard them;
-  * 1g) the provision of facilities enabling non-speakers of a regional or minority language living in the area where it is used to learn it if they so desire;
+    * d) the facilitation and/or encouragement of the use of regional or minority languages, in speech and writing, in public and private life;
-  * 1h) the promotion of study and research on regional or minority languages at universities or equivalent institutions;
+    * f) the provision of appropriate forms and means for the teaching and study of regional or minority languages at all appropriate stages;
-  * 2) The Parties undertake to eliminate, if they have not yet done so, any unjustified distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference relating to the use of a regional or minority language and intended to discourage or endanger the maintenance or development of it. The adoption of special measures in favour of regional or minority languages aimed at promoting equality between the users of these languages and the rest of the population or which take due account of their specific conditions is not considered to be an act of discrimination against the users of more widely-used languages.
+    * g) the provision of facilities enabling non-speakers of a regional or minority language living in the area where it is used to learn it if they so desire;
-  * 3) The Parties undertake to promote, by appropriate measures, mutual understanding between all the linguistic groups of the country and in particular the inclusion of respect, understanding and tolerance in relation to regional or minority languages among the objectives of education and training provided within their countries and encouragement of the mass media to pursue the same objective.
+    * h) the promotion of study and research on regional or minority languages at universities or equivalent institutions;
+  - The Parties undertake to eliminate, if they have not yet done so, any unjustified distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference relating to the use of a regional or minority language and intended to discourage or endanger the maintenance or development of it. The adoption of special measures in favour of regional or minority languages aimed at promoting equality between the users of these languages and the rest of the population or which take due account of their specific conditions is not considered to be an act of discrimination against the users of more widely-used languages.
+  - The Parties undertake to promote, by appropriate measures, mutual understanding between all the linguistic groups of the country and in particular the inclusion of respect, understanding and tolerance in relation to regional or minority languages among the objectives of education and training provided within their countries and encouragement of the mass media to pursue the same objective.