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Education key to tolerance, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities on visit to Skopje
Publishing date: 30 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
SKOPJE, 30 January 2008- Education plays a key role in promoting tolerance, equal opportunities and public participation, said the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Knut Vollebaek, at the end of a visit to Skopje and Tetovo...
OSCE Minorities Commissioner urges Kosovo's authorities to reach out to all communities
Publishing date: 15 January 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: National minority issues
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 15 January 2008- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek today urged Kosovo's communities to work towards reconciliation and called upon the government to ensure that minority rights are protected...
European Roma Rights Centre wins 2007 Max van der Stoel prize
Publishing date: 16 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
THE HAGUE, 16 October 2007- The European Roma Rights Centre will be presented the 2007 Max van der Stoel Award by Knut Vollebaek, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, in a ceremony today...
Preventing tensions around minority issues priority for the OSCE, says Organization's Chairman
Publishing date: 13 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
MADRID, 13 September 2007- OSCE Chairman Miguel Angel Moratinos said today that the Organization continued to attach particular importance to preventing ethnic strife and interstate conflagration around national minority issues in the OSCE region...
Outgoing OSCE Minorities Commissioner: Integration key to conflict prevention
Publishing date: 28 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
VIENNA, 28 June 2007- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, emphasized today the importance of operational conflict prevention in his final speech to the OSCE's Permanent Council, saying the key was promoting integration..
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Skopje
Publishing date: 10 May 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: National minority issues
SKOPJE, 10 May 2007- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Ambassador Rolf Ekeus ended a three-day visit to Skopje and Tetovo today, during which he met government officials and political party and minority representatives...
OSCE Chairman says work of Minorities Commissioner crucial for stability in OSCE countries
Publishing date: 14 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
MADRID, 14 February 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, welcomed today the work of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, which he described as "crucial for stability...