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OSCE Mission recommends intercultural education and mainstreaming of curricula to promote integration in Kosovo

Publishing date: 29 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Education, National minority issues
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 29 April 2009- Kosovo's schools need to do more to promote intercultural education and provide students from non-majority communities with opportunities to learn about their culture, found an OSCE Mission report presented today...

OSCE's human rights body supports launch of guide aiming to reduce prejudice against Muslims in Spain

Publishing date: 20 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
MADRID, 20 April 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Casa Arabe Consortium today launched the Reference Guide on Muslims in Spain, a book that aims to raise awareness about anti-Muslim prejudices...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities deeply concerned by recent developments in Abkhazia

Publishing date: 14 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 14 April 2009- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, called for an end to pressure put on the Georgian population in Abkhazia in a statement released today...

OSCE Head of Mission in Kosovo calls for better education, employment, health and housing for Roma

Publishing date: 8 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 8 April 2009- On the occasion of today's International Roma Day, the OSCE Head of Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, released the following statement...

OSCE Minorities Commissioner calls for wider use of multilingual education in Central Asia

Publishing date: 3 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SAMARKAND, 3 April 2009- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), Knut Vollebaek, urged the countries of Central Asia today to expand the use of bilingual and multilingual education...

OSCE releases Annual Report on a "challenging" 2008

Publishing date: 1 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 1 April 2009- The OSCE, the world's largest regional security organization, released its 2008 Annual Report today....

OSCE Mission welcomes signing of agreement on co-ordination body for South Serbia municipalities

Publishing date: 27 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: National minority issues
BELGRADE, 27 March 2009- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, welcomed today the signing of an agreement on Reconstruction of the Co-ordination Body for the Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja municipalities...