Events
Max van der Stoel Award 2014
When
2 October 2014 (All day)
Where
The Hague
Organized by
High Commissioner on National Minorities
The Max van der Stoel Award, a prize of €50,000, is presented every two years to a person, group or institution for extraordinary and outstanding achievements in improving the position of national minorities in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) participating States.
This year, the winner is Kyrgyzstan-based NGO Spravedlivost.
Established in 2001 by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the Award honours Max van der Stoel, a prominent Dutch statesman who was the first OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. The Award highlights issues related to national minorities and supports the High Commissioner’s conflict-prevention work.
2014 Programme
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16:00: Registration and refreshments
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16:30: Award ceremony:
- Music to open the ceremony
- Welcoming speech by OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors, and statement on behalf of the Jury in her capacity as Chairperson
- Short film about the laureate
- Presentation speech by His Excellency Frans Timmermans, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
- Acceptance speech by the laureate
- Speech by Mira Karybaeva, Head of Department of Ethnic and Religious Policy and Co-operation with Civil Society, Kyrgyz Republic Presidential Administration
- Music to close the ceremony
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17:30 – 19:00: Reception
Final words by OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors