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Sovereignty, responsibility, and national minorities: statement by OSCE minorities commissioner

Publishing date: 26 October 2001
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 26 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The following statement was issued today by Rolf Ekéus, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities:

New minority commissioner takes up post

Publishing date: 2 July 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 2 July 2001 (OSCE)-- Rolf Ekeus today took up the post of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. His mandate is to provide \'early warning\' and, as appropriate, \'early action\' at the earliest possible stage...

Van der Stoel appointed Personal Envoy of Chairman-in-Office

Publishing date: 29 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 29 June 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, has appointed Max van der Stoel as his Personal Envoy with the mandate \"to facilitate a dialogue and provide advice for a speedy solution...

Skopje: OSCE looking for long-term solutions

Publishing date: 18 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Policing
SKOPJE, 18 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, visited Skopje today, in what he called \"one of the most important weeks for this country,\" in which \"we encourage a compromise be found.\"

Need for intensified political dialogue in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 30 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
VIENNA, 30 March 2001-- In a special session Friday, the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) discussed the current situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...

Violence a threat to peace and stability in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 15 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
BUCHAREST/THE HAGUE, 15 March 2001-- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe strongly condemns the unprovoked acts of violence which groups of extremists are presently committing in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

New university project unveiled in Tetovo, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 12 February 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 12 February 2001-- On 11 February an official ceremony took place in Tetovo to mark the beginning of construction on a new private institution of higher education...