TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a sentence in Spanish and your task is to translate it into English. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
PROBLEM: Señor Presidente, aplaudo la iniciativa EQUAL y el informe, que subraya la necesidad de distinguir entre las medidas para combatir la discriminación contra la mujer y las medidas para combatir la discriminación contra los grupos minoritarios.

SOLUTION: Mr President, I welcome the EQUAL initiative and the report which highlights the need to distinguish between actions to combat discrimination against women and actions to combat discrimination against minority groups.

PROBLEM: Sólo el número de personas a las que estos programas están destinados no ha variado mucho.

SOLUTION: Only, the number of people affected by these programmes has not really dropped.

PROBLEM: Es inadmisible que se excluyan los cosméticos, los productos farmacéuticos y otros con el pretexto de que no pueden causar ningún daño o que son inocuos.

SOLUTION:
Cosmetic, medical and other products cannot be excluded on the grounds that they cause no harm or are not dangerous.