Article 2 Elimination of Racial Discrimination official staff member of an embassy, consulate, foreign office, or international organization. (In the Chinese version of the Regulations, the term used is “外籍 僕役”[foreign servant])29 Although the word “servant”( 僕役 ) is used to refer to foreign private employees as is done in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR), it can hardly be considered a neutral word. Whether it is necessary to continue using the word “servant” ( 僕役 ) is a point that should undergo review. The terminology used in laws and regulations formulated in times past is often either no longer in line with the current situation or is simply out of date. The term “tribal individuals,” which can be found in the Act Governing the Appointment of Personnel from the Mongolia and Tibet Regions ,30 is one such example. 23. For §§21-22, the NHRC recommends: (1) The government should act in accordance with Article 2, Paragraph 1(c) of ICERD by reviewing and amending any discriminatory terminology or terminology of a questionable nature that is found in its laws and regulations. (2) When regulations or policies at the central government level are being formulated, the spirit and implications of ICERD should be taken into account, and they should be implemented into regulations and policies enacted at the local government level as well. 24. Ethnic mainstreaming should follow a three-pronged strategy: legal framework, policy, and organization, and ethnic equality should be included in legislation. The NHRC recommends the use of policy tools such as the prohibition of ethnic discrimination, use and development of ethnic 29 30 The term “private servant” can be found in Article 1 of the VCDR 1961. On the UN’s Chinese language website, the term “indigenous peoples” is translated as“ 土 著 人 民 ”, which is considered a discriminatory term in Taiwan. Whether or not such terminology should remain in older domestic laws and regulations requires further discussion. 21