 Spain coach Luis Aragones was involved in a racism row in 2004 |
European football's governing body is promising to get tough on racism ahead of Wednesday's "Unite Against Racism" conference in Barcelona. The conference brings delegates from all 52 member associations together.
"Racism is unquestionably one of the most abject forms of disrespect towards fellow human beings," said Uefa president Lennart Johannsson.
"Uefa has decided to do everything within its power to rid football of this scourge."
Last month, Uefa vice-president Per Ravn Omdal said the organisation would consider plans to ban clubs for up to three years if their fans consistently racially abuse players.
"Racism has no place in our society and even less so in team sports like football," added Johannsson.
Uefa's first anti-racism conference, held at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge in March 2003, produced a 10-point code of conduct for European clubs.
But European football has still been affected by numerous incidents in recent years.
These included the racist taunting of England's black players in a friendly against Spain in 2004.
And Spain coach Luis Aragones' derogatory remarks about Arsenal striker Thierry Henry.
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