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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities assesses inter-ethnic relations and education issues in Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region

Publishing date: 8 February 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, National minority issues
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier visited Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region from 5 to 7 February 2018 to assess inter-ethnic relations in the region. His visit to this western region of Ukraine was a follow-up to his trip to Kyiv in December 2017...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities discusses language law and other national minority issues in Ukraine

Publishing date: 13 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Lamberto Zannier visited Ukraine from 11 to 13 December 2017 to discuss issues related to national minorities and discuss opportunities for the HCNM and the government to work together on promoting diversity in different policy areas. In Kyiv,

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities supports integration through multilingual education in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia

Publishing date: 8 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, National minority issues
The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) organized the first “Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia School on Multilingual and Multicultural Education for Integration and Sustainable Development”, in co-operation with the ORLEU National Centre for Professional

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier launches recommendations on access to justice and national minorities

Publishing date: 14 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Rule of law
GRAZ, Austria, 14 November 2017 – Access to justice for persons belonging to national minorities from a conflict prevention perspective is the focus of a new set of recommendations for OSCE participating States, which were launched by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier today at the University of Graz, Austria...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities presents first ever children's illustrated Macedonian-Albanian/Albanian-Macedonian dictionary

Publishing date: 10 November 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 10 November 2017 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Lamberto Zannier presented the first ever children’s illustrated Macedonian-Albanian/Albanian-Macedonian dictionary for primary schools to Education Minister Renata Deskoska in Skopje today. This innovative tool was developed by the HCNM and the Nansen Dialogue Centre, Skopje, and supported financially by the German government...

Respecting and promoting language rights critical to building a sustainable, multi-ethnic society, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in Prishtinë/Priština

Publishing date: 9 November 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
Respecting and promoting the use of the official languages is critical to meaningful integration and the building of a sustainable multi-ethnic society, said OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Lamberto Zannier at the “Forum on Language Compliance in Kosovo” held in Prishtinë/Priština on 9 November 2017...

OSCE High Commissioner urges Moldova to implement integration strategy and encourages dialogue in joint working group on Gagauzia

Publishing date: 2 November 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, National minority issues
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier is visiting Moldova from 30 October to 3 November 2017 to continue the institution’s long-standing engagement with the country on issues related to ethnic diversity and identity...