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L-r: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek (HCNM) and Stéphanie Marsal, HCNM Senior Advisor, meet with Komárno Deputy Mayor Béla Szabó and Mayor Anton Marek, Komárno, 9 October 2012.

OSCE High Commissioner discusses national minority issues in Hungary and Slovakia

17 October 2012
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Hungary and Slovakia from 8 to 11 October 2012 to discuss bilateral issues between the two countries related to national minority matters, including citizenship...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo help municipal officials develop returns and repatriation databases

16 October 2012
A series of two training workshops on systematic data collection and development of databases on returnees and repatriated persons for 19 municipal officers for communities and returns from Gjilan/Gnjilane region concluded on 12 October 2012 in Gjilan/Gnjilane. ()
Houses formerly inhabited by ethnic-Georgians in the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia lie in a state of disrepair after their owners fled during and after the war in 2008. On 14 August 2012, the de facto leader of South Ossetia announced plans to demolish the remains of ethnic-Georgian villages. This photograph was taken in November 2010, during the last visit of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek to South Ossetia.

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities warns against demolishing ethnic-Georgian villages in South Ossetia

22 August 2012
THE HAGUE, 22 August 2012 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek today asked the de-facto leadership of the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia to clarify a statement indicating that it plans to demolish ethnic-Georgian villages...
High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek.

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities urges dialogue and compromise on ‘divisive’ language law in Ukraine

26 July 2012
KYIV, 26 JULY 2012 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek described the situation surrounding a new language law in Ukraine as “deeply divisive” at the conclusion of his visit to the country today, and urged the authorities to engage in dialogue.
Meskhetians Salim Khamdyev (left) and his wife Fatima at their home in the village of Abastumani, Samtskhe-Javakheti region, Georgia, 9 July 2008.

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Georgia ahead of elections

25 July 2012
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek visited Georgia from 15 to 19 July 2012 to get an update on the situation ahead of parliamentary elections expected in October...

Challenges remain in promoting community rights in Kosovo, says new report of OSCE Mission

19 July 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 19 July 2012 – Despite an advanced legislative framework in place to protect and promote the rights of communities in Kosovo, only limited progress has been made in its implementation since 2010, says a report published today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo... ()
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek at the conference “HCNM 20 Years On", organized by the European Centre for Minority Issues, Flensburg, 6 July 2012.

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities highlights new and ongoing challenges at anniversary conference

17 July 2012
Marking the first event in the lead-up to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), current High Commissioner Knut Vollebaek spoke at a conference organized by the European Centre for Minority Issues on “HCNM 20 Years On” in Flensburg, Germany, on 6 July 2012...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek, addressing the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, 12 July 2012.

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities delivers statement to OSCE Permanent Council

12 July 2012
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek delivered a statement to the 920th Plenary Meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on 12 July 2012...
Kazakhstan's Deputy Chairperson of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan Eraly Tugzhanov (l) and Deputy Interior Minister Kairat Tynybekov (c) with OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek at a high-level event to launch a project on policing in multi-ethnic Kazakhstan, 26 June 2012, Astana.

OSCE High Commissioner launches multi-ethnic policing project in Kazakhstan

26 June 2012
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, 26 June 2012 – The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek today participated in a high-level event in Astana to launch a new project on policing in multi-ethnic Kazakhstan... ()
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek (l) with Restelica/Restelicë School Director Misin Hoxha (c) and OSCE Regional Centre Prizren Senior Human Rights Officer Sara Bonotti (r) in Dragash/Dragaš, 23 May 2012.

Addressing the past is vital for prevention of future conflict, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in Kosovo

29 May 2012
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek visited Kosovo between 21 and 24 May 2012 to assess the security situation in the north and to discuss language and education challenges, among other issues...
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