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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to visit Moldova

CHIŞINĂU, 12 March 2012 – The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek will visit Moldova from 13 to 16 March 2012. His visit focuses on issues of integration, education, language and Gagauz autonomy... (

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Knut Vollebaek, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorites (c); Dimitrios Kypreos, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia (r); and Jeroen deVries, OSCE municipal co-ordinator in Bujanovac (l), attend the opening of the first multilingual and multi-ethnic university department in Bujanovac, 28 October 2011.

OSCE welcomes opening of multilingual university department in south Serbia

BUJANOVAC, Serbia, 28 October 2011 – The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Dimitrios Kypreos, today attended the opening of the first multilingual and multi-ethnic university department in Bujanovac...

Uri Rosenthal, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands (c), presenting the Max van der Stoel Award to Sasho Stojkovski (r), Executive Director of the Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje (NDC Skopje), and Veton Zekoli (l), Project Manager at NDC Skopje, at the Max van der Stoel ceremony, The Hague, 24 October 2011.

Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje wins Max van der Stoel Award 2011

THE HAGUE, 24 October 2011 – The International Jury of the Max van der Stoel Award today awarded its 2011 prize to the Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje (NDC Skopje) for its outstanding work to promote integrated education and improve co-operation between ethnic communities...

Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje to receive 2011 Max van der Stoel Award

THE HAGUE, 11 October 2011 – The Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje will receive the 2011 Max van der Stoel Award at a ceremony on Monday, 24 October in The Hague...

The OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek (centre), speaks with ODIHR's Senior Adviser on Roma and Sinti Issues, Andrzej Mirga, during the first day of the OSCE's Review Conference, Warsaw, 30 September 2010.

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities warns against rise of anti-Roma violence and extreme nationalism in Europe

THE HAGUE, 10 October 2011 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek issued the following statement today...

OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina announces winners in school competition on national minorities

SARAJEVO, 8 December 2010 - Three schools received valuable prizes today as the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina announced winners of the a nationwide school competition in which participants shared their views on national minorities, democratic values and diversity.

Heads of State and Government listen to proceedings during the first day of the OSCE Summit in Astana, 1 December 2010.

OSCE heads of institutions emphasize importance of rights in discussions on Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security

ASTANA, 1 December 2010 - Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms must underpin sustainable security in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian area, emphasized the heads of OSCE institutions on human rights and democratic institutions, media freedom and national minorities at the OSCE Summit which began in Astana today... (

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The OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, making her opening remarks on the first day of the OSCE's Review Conference in Warsaw, Poland, 30 September 2010, as ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarcic looks on.

In Warsaw, OSCE review conference begins with calls on states to live up to their human rights commitments

WARSAW, 30 September 2010 - The Warsaw segment of the OSCE's Review Conference got underway today with calls on participating States to live up to the human rights and democracy commitments they have promised to adhere to as part of the Organization...

High Commissioner Knut Vollebaek during a visit to Kyrgyzstan on 27 April 2010.

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities urges OSCE States to assist Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, calls for independent commission to investigate

VIENNA, 17 June 2010 - Urgent support is needed to help stabilize the situation in Kyrgyzstan and assist neighbouring Uzbekistan to take care of tens of thousands of refugees, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek said today...

OSCE States call for restoration of peace in Kyrgyzstan, stand ready to step up assistance

VIENNA, 15 June 2010 - The 56 OSCE participating States called for the rapid restoration of peace, public safety and the rule of law in Kyrgyzstan and offered to build on assistance to resolve the crisis in a statement adopted today...