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On International Mother Language Day, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities underlines nexus between linguistic rights and conflict prevention
Publishing date: 21 February 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
THE HAGUE, 21 February 2018 – Embracing linguistic and cultural diversity alongside multilingualism and societal cohesion is a driver for peace, mutual understanding and friendly relations among peoples and states, said OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Lamberto Zannier in the following statement to mark International Mother Language Day.
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
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
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 Mission to Serbia announces winners of its 2017 Person of the Year Award
Publishing date: 12 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 12 December 2017 – At a ceremony today in Belgrade, the OSCE Mission to Serbia presented its Person of the Year Awards to: Dženeta Agović, Director of the Impuls civil society organization from Tutin; Brankica Janković, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality; Tamara Mirović, Deputy Republic Public Prosecutor; Nedim Sejdinović, President of the Independent Association of Journalists of Vojvodina; and Miloš Stojković, media lawyer...
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
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 Mission to Montenegro assists in providing new homes for displaced vulnerable families
Publishing date: 16 November 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
A ceremony in Podgorica on 15 November 2017 saw 120 displaced vulnerable families who had been living in a container settlement in the Konik Camp presented with keys to new homes financed by the Regional Housing Programme and supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro.
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
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...