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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and Slovak OSCE Chairmanship work with UN to bolster conflict prevention and boost youth engagement
Publishing date: 24 July 2019
NEW YORK, United States of America, 24 July 2019 – The successful management of diversity in society is key to avoiding conflicts, said OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier at the United Nations in New York on 19 July, as he led a discussion on how regional organizations play a key role in the prevention of conflict...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities supports development of tools for multilingual education in Central Asia
Publishing date: 1 July 2019
The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities has gathered a group of international experts, researchers and professionals in the field of multilingual education to develop tools to support multilingual education in Central Asia. The Regional Expert School on Multilingual and
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities promotes multilingual education in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 24 June 2019
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Lamberto Zannier visited Tajikistan from 18 to 22 June 2019, where he continued to promote the adoption of multilingual education that achieves a balance between ensuring that minorities are able to learn in their own languages and making them
Office of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities co-organizes conference to promote multilingual education in Moldova
Publishing date: 12 April 2019
Some 70 experts and practitioners involved in multilingual education shared their experiences at a conference on “Multilingual education in the OSCE region: experiences and perspectives for Moldova” on 11 April 2019 in Chisinau. The conference was organized by the office of the OSCE High
High Commissioner on National Minorities Zannier discusses inter-ethnic relations and integration on his first visit to Latvia
Publishing date: 8 March 2019
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier visited Latvia from 5 to 8 March 2019, in his first visit to the country in his current capacity, to assess the state of inter-ethnic relations and the integration of society. Zannier had a series of meetings in Riga, including with
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities presents Tallinn Guidelines on National Minorities and the Media in the Digital Age
Publishing date: 13 February 2019
States need comprehensive and concrete policy advice on how to use media as a powerful tool for conflict prevention and social integration, said OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier as he presented The Tallinn Guidelines on National Minorities and the Media in the Digital Age in the Estonian capital on 13 February 2019...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) holds capacity-building workshop for Georgia’s State Language Department
Publishing date: 6 December 2018
TBILISI, 27 November 2018 – The Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities conducted a capacity-building workshop for the State Language Department of Georgia.