Human Dimension Seminar focuses on Roma in the CSCE region
When
20 September 1994 (All day)
Where
Warsaw
Roma children on the OSCE-funded playground in the Zinxhiraj neighbourhood of the city of Gjirokastra, Albania, 14 June 2004. (OSCE/Joana Karapataqi) Photo details
The CSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the CSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, in co-operation with the Council of Europe, organized a human dimension seminar from 20-23 September focusing on Roma in the CSCE region.
Themes discussed included equal opportunities, community relations, and domestic and international legal and policy issues.
The previous year, High Commissioner Max van der Stoel had presented a report on the same topic to the Committee of Senior Officials. He had been asked to study the social, economic and humanitarian problems relating to Roma in some participating States and the relevance of these problems to the High Commissioner's mandate.
The report, which underscored the need for greater co-ordination, underlined major policy challenges and proposed possible measures for addressing them.