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

Publishing date: 15 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
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...

OSCE National Minorities Commissioner discusses Hungarian citizenship law with Slovak Foreign Minister

Publishing date: 26 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Rule of law
THE HAGUE, 26 May 2010- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, made the following statement after a meeting yesterday in The Hague with Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak on the proposed amendments to the Law on...

Statement by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities following visit to Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 30 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
THE HAGUE, 30 April 2010- The following statement was released today by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, at the end of his visit to Kyrgyzstan: "The aim of my visit to Kyrgyzstan was to look into reports about a spate...

OSCE Rights Office, Minorities Commissioner call for greater efforts to improve the situation of Roma

Publishing date: 8 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Roma and Sinti
WARSAW/THE HAGUE, 8 April 2010- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, and Ambassador Knut Vollebaek, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, called today on governments...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities commends efforts to improve access to higher education in southern Serbia

Publishing date: 3 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Education, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 3 March 2010- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, welcomed today the completion of a Serbian government-sponsored study on higher education needs in southern Serbia...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities issues statement on Slovakia's language law

Publishing date: 4 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
THE HAGUE, 4 January 2010- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, issued the following statement today: "The Government of Slovakia has adopted the Principles for the Implementation of the amended State Language Act..."

Press Release on the Joint Conference concerning Roma Migration and Freedom of Movement

Publishing date: 9 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
VIENNA, 9 November 2009- The serious human rights challenges faced by Roma when migrating or exercising their right to freedom of movement, as well as the security implications, will be the focus of a joint international conference in Vienna...