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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
National minorities in focus: SG Montella addresses conference in Lund and receives visit of HCNM Zannier in Copenhagen
Publishing date: 14 November 2019
LUND, Sweden, 14 November 2019 – OSCE PA Secretary General Roberto Montella has addressed this morning a high-level conference organized by the Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Lund Recommendations on the effective participation of national minorities in public life...
From Lund to Ljubljana: 20 years of supporting the participation of minorities in public life
Publishing date: 14 November 2019
Lund, Sweden,14 November 2019 – OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier today opened a conference marking the 20th anniversary of The Lund Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Public Life in Lund, Sweden...
OSCE Mission to Moldova enhances capacity and co-operation to promote rights of persons belonging to national minorities
Publishing date: 28 October 2019
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized two workshops, 24 October in Chisinau and 25 October in Comrat, to enhance professional capacity and co-operation of state institutions working in the field of national minorities' rights. The events brought together some 50 representatives from the Agency for Interethnic Relations, the Ombudsperson’s Office, the Equality Council, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research as well as ethno-cultural and national minority organizations and regional authorities from the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities meets new government in Ukraine, discusses integration and minority-related issues
Publishing date: 14 October 2019
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier visited Ukraine on 9 and 10 October 2019. Zannier discussed the integration of Ukraine’s diverse society with Education and Science Minister Hanna Novosad and Culture, Youth and Sport Minister Volodymyr Borodianskyi. He also met with
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier discusses social cohesion in North Macedonia
Publishing date: 4 October 2019
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Lamberto Zannier concluded a visit to Skopje, where he spoke at an event on 3 October 2019 presenting a new draft national strategy that aims to foster social cohesion in North Macedonia. His visit is a follow-up to his previous trip to the country in
Concept of one society and inter-culturalism focus of OSCE-supported high-level conference in Skopje
Publishing date: 3 October 2019
SKOPJE, 3 October 2019 – The Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev; the Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje, Clemens Koja; the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Lamberto Zannier and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union, Samuel Žbogar today addressed the high-level international conference Towards the Concept of One Society and Inter-culturalism organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Prime Minister’s Office...
Office of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities presents Graz Recommendations on Access to Justice and National Minorities in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 2 October 2019
The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) and Kyrgyzstan’s State Agency for Local Self-Governance and Interethnic Relations (GAMSUMO) organized a roundtable discussion in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to present The Graz Recommendations on Access to Justice and National