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OSCE sends experts to Georgia to assess human rights and minority situation in areas affected by conflict
Publishing date: 10 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
WARSAW/THE HAGUE, 10 October 2008- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities will send an expert team to Georgia to assess the human rights and minority situation in the areas...
Minority communities can serve as bridges between states, says OSCE High Commissioner
Publishing date: 2 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
BOLZANO/BOZEN, Italy, 2 October 2008- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, launched a set of recommendations on national minorities in inter-State relations today in the capital of Italy's bilingual Bolzano/Bozen province...
Statement by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities following visit to Georgia
Publishing date: 23 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 23 September 2008- The following statement was released today by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, following his 14-20 September visit to Georgia...
OSCE High Commissioner issues statement on protection of minorities and citizens abroad
Publishing date: 25 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 25 August 2008- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, issued the following statement today: "During the current conflict between Russia and Georgia...
Respect for minority language rights key to inter-ethnic peace, says OSCE Minorities Commissioner
Publishing date: 18 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
OSLO, 18 June 2008- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, urged OSCE participating States today to ensure protection of the language rights of national minorities as a necessary precondition for peace and stability...
OSCE High Commissioner in Turkmenistan to discuss education and national minorities, legal reforms
Publishing date: 22 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
ASHGABAD, 22 May 2008- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Vollebaek, met Turkmenistan's President Berdymukhammedov to discuss national minority issues and support for the country's efforts to modernize its education system...
Roma in Europe miss out on security and prosperity, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 25 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Roma and Sinti
OSLO, 25 April 2008- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, said that the Roma population in Europe have missed out on the new security arrangements as well as on prosperity...