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Minorities underrepresented in government, says association

This content was published on Dec 3, 2001 François Lachat, president of the association, said on Monday in Bern that only two-thirds of all federal offices have applied the government’s 1997 ruling on fair minority representation. Instructions had been issued at the time to ensure the presence of members of linguistic minorities at all levels of the administration. Lachat called on the authorities…