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Keynote speech by Lamberto Zannier, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 27 November 2019
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
To the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva, Switzerland, 27 November 2019.
Journal of the 1242nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Publishing date: 3 October 2019
Collections: 1242nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights, Education, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Report by the Chief Observer of the OCSE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Ambassador György Varga. Presentation by the OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Thomas Greminger, of the 2020 Unified Budget Proposal. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements (Russian Federation, Annex 1). Violation of the educational rights of national minorities in Latvia. Violation of freedom of peaceful assembly in the United States of America, Canada and some Member States of the European Union. Continuing restrictions on freedom of the media in the Russian Federation. General election in Spain, to be held on 10 November 2019 (Spain, Annex 2). Fifth Eastern Economic Forum, held from 4 to 6 September 2019 in Vladivostok, Russian Federation. Early parliamentary elections in San Marino, to be held on 8 December 2019. Local elections in Bulgaria, to be held on 27 October 2019.
Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation on violation of the educational rights of national minorities in Latvia
Publishing date: 3 October 2019
Collections: 1242nd Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights, Education, National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Call for papers: The 5th International Scientific Conference on Environmental Crimes, Environmental Safety and National Security
Publishing date: 30 July 2019
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Climate change, Economic activities, Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities, Education, Good governance, Environmental good governance, Hazardous waste management, Policing, Water management
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Academics, scholars, professionals, students and employees of the State Police and all law enforcement institutions and beyond are invited to submit papers, projects, and presentations: abstracts by 15 September 2019, full papers by 1 November 2019.
Young people: the dynamic guardians of democracy
Publishing date: 22 May 2019
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Good governance, Gender equality, Youth, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Op-Ed by the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Bernd Borchardt, on the occasion of the third 'Youth Trail' organized by the Presence, an annual gathering of young people from around Western Balkans, supported by the Government of Slovakia as the current OSCE Chairmanship.
Opening Remarks by Lamberto Zannier, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 6 May 2019
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
European Regional Forum on Education, Language and the Human Rights of Minorities, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 6 May 2019.
“Two Schools Under One Roof”- The Most Visible Example of Discrimination in Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Education
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) the right to education is being violated because of discrimination, which exists in schools in both entities. This report from the OSCE Mission to BiH (‘the Mission’) addresses the practice of ‘two schools under one roof’ in the Federation of BiH (FBiH) as the most visible (but by no means only) manifestation of discrimination in the education systems of the country.
Head of Presence's Remarks at the Annual Conference organized by the Office of Albanian People's Advocate, 11 December 2018
Publishing date: 11 December 2018
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, Good governance, Gender equality, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Max van der Stoel Award 2018 Programme
Publishing date: 9 November 2018
Collections: Max van der Stoel Award commemorative booklets
Content type: Conference / meeting document
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Proceedings of the Max van der Stoel Award ceremony of 2018.
Remarks by Head of Presence at Magistrate School graduation ceremony, 5 October 2018
Publishing date: 5 October 2018
Content type: Statement / speech
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Education, Youth, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe