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OSCE High Commissioner continues dialogue with Romania on national minorities in neighbouring states
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Romania on 23 and 24 April 2012 to discuss Romania’s relations with neighbouring countries...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities discusses minorities and regional security in Tashkent
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Uzbekistan on 11 and 12 April 2012...
OSCE High Commissioner visits Lithuania and Poland, encourages dialogue on national minority issues
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Lithuania from 27 to 28 March and Poland from 29 to 30 March 2012...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits South-Eastern Europe
The High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek visited Belgrade, Bujanovac and Skopje from 19 to 23 March 2012...
Taking the long-term view: why quiet diplomacy is needed in modern times
Quiet diplomacy has an important role in addressing the root causes of conflicts, stressed the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek in his address to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Winter Session 2012 on 24 February 2012...
OSCE High Commissioner discusses recent incidents of ethnic tension with authorities in Skopje
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Skopje from 8 to 10 February 2012 to discuss with the authorities the recent interethnic incidents in the country...
OSCE High Commissioner discusses responsibility to protect and conflict prevention
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek addressed a conference on “R2P: The Next Decade”, which was held on 18 January 2012 to mark the tenth anniversary of the concept of the responsibility to protect...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities calls for regional co-operation to prevent risk of statelessness
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, called for OSCE participating States to remain committed to tackling the risks of statelessness by addressing the lack of registration and civil documentation in South-Eastern Europe, speaking before the OSCE Permanent Council on 17 November 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...