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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek (l) and President of Romania Traian Băsescu shake hands after their meeting in Bucharest, 24 April 2012.

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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek (foreground) meets with Polish Foreign Affairs Minister Radoslaw Sikorski (left) and Minister Counsellor Krzysztof Drzewicki, Warsaw, 30 March 2012.

2011 OSCE Max van der Stoel award winners Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje

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This short film examines the work of Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje, who have been awarded the 2011 Max van der Stoel Award for their outstanding work to promote integrated education and improve co-operation between different ethnic communities. The film centres on the Fridtjof Nansen Integrated Bilingual Schools in Preljubiste. The award is given by the OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities.

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A primary teacher with a pupil at the Fridtjof Nansen Integrated Bilingual Primary School, Preljubiste, 6 October 2011.

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Houses formerly inhabited by ethnic-Georgians in the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia lie in a state of disrepair after their owners fled during and after the war in 2008. On 14 August 2012, the de facto leader of South Ossetia announced plans to demolish the remains of ethnic-Georgian villages. This photograph was taken in November 2010, during the last visit of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek to South Ossetia.

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Max van der Stoel Award 2009

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The Max van der Stoel Award was held on 14 October 2009 in The Hague.

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The Max van der Stoel Award is presented by the Government of the Netherlands every two years. It honours the memory of distinguished Dutch statesman and the first OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Max van der Stoel (seen here in Vukovar, Croatia).