High Commissioner on National Minorities remarks to the Meeting of Romania's Council for National Minorities
Max van der Stoel, OSCE High Commissioner on National
Minorities, speaking to the press, 22 June 2001. (Michal Olejarnik/OSCE)
When: 18 August 1993
The lessons of Yugoslavia, he said, clearly showed that it is not enough to react - preventative measures are necessary - and that problems concerning national minorities need to be approached more carefully.