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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Ukraine, discusses minority issues in Kyiv and assesses inter-ethnic relations in Kherson region
Publishing date: 14 September 2018
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Lamberto Zannier, visited Ukraine from 11 to 14 September 2018, as a follow-up to his previous visits to Kyiv in December 2017 and the Zakarpattia region in February 2018. During the meetings with the Government and the Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv...
Courageous high school students from the municipality of Jajce in Bosnia and Herzegovina named winners of 2018 Max van der Stoel Award
Publishing date: 20 July 2018
The HAGUE, 20 July 2018 – High school students from the Municipality of Jajce in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) were selected as the winner of the 2018 Max van der Stoel Award. The award is given in recognition of their outstanding courage and inspirational activism, which led to the prevention of further segregation in schools in Jajce as well as throughout the country.
Slovakia’s OSCE Chairmanship to work towards boosting multilateralism and conflict prevention, State Secretary Lukáš Parízek tells Permanent Council
Publishing date: 19 July 2018
VIENNA, 19 July 2018 – Slovakia’s OSCE Chairmanship next year will pursue strategies that boost multilateralism, promote conflict prevention and focus on addressing the needs of people, said the country’s Foreign and European Affairs State Secretary Lukáš Parízek in Vienna today, as he addressed the Permanent Council on the incoming Chairmanship’s priority areas...
National minorities in inter-State relations: Conference discusses ways forward ten years after OSCE High Commissioner’s Bolzano/Bozen Recommendations
Publishing date: 16 July 2018
UDINE, Italy, 16 July 2018 – Where states focus on efforts to integrate majority and minority communities on their own territories, societies become more resilient and national minorities are less likely to be at the centre of inter-State issues, said participants at the conclusion of today’s conference in Udine, Italy, marking the 10th anniversary of the OSCE High Commissioner’s Bolzano/Bozen Recommendations on National Minorities in Inter-State Relations.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities calls for a balanced and inclusive policy to accommodate the diversity of society during meeting with Ukraine government representative
Publishing date: 27 June 2018
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Lamberto Zannier, met with Vasyl Bodnar, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, on 27 September in The Hague. They discussed matters related to interethnic relations in Ukraine and Ukraine’s bilateral relations with its neighbours...
Findings from analysis of legal framework for registration of unregistered persons presented in Skopje
Publishing date: 8 June 2018
SKOPJE, 8 June 2018 – Government officials and civil society representatives gathered today in Skopje at an OSCE-organized event to discuss the findings of an UNHCR-supported analysis of the existing legal framework for registration of unregistered persons...
Participants at OSCE/ODIHR workshop stress need for participating States to step up efforts to ensure effective and meaningful participation of Roma and Sinti in public and political life
Publishing date: 6 June 2018
OSCE participating States should step up their efforts to ensure the effective and meaningful participation of Roma and Sinti in public and political life, said participants at the consultation workshop organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 5