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Education key to tolerance, says OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities on visit to Skopje

Publishing date: 30 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
SKOPJE, 30 January 2008- Education plays a key role in promoting tolerance, equal opportunities and public participation, said the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Knut Vollebaek, at the end of a visit to Skopje and Tetovo...

EU supports the OSCE's work on elections, Kosovo, Slovene Foreign Minister says

Publishing date: 24 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
VIENNA, 24 January 2008- The European Union fully supports the work of the OSCE, and calls on the participating States to enable the Organization to continue its efforts in Kosovo and its election monitoring activities, Slovene Foreign Minister...

OSCE Minorities Commissioner urges Kosovo's authorities to reach out to all communities

Publishing date: 15 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: National minority issues
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 15 January 2008- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek today urged Kosovo's communities to work towards reconciliation and called upon the government to ensure that minority rights are protected...

OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes inter-ethnic dialogue through mountaineering

Publishing date: 14 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 14 December 2007- A multiethnic group of young mountaineers who completed a year-long OSCE Mission-supported course received their licences as professional mountain guides today at a ceremony in Skopje...

OSCE Mission brings Kosovo and Serbian institutions together to promote solutions to displacement

Publishing date: 28 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
PRISTINA, 28 November 2007- Money must be made available to the Kosovo Property Agency so that it can carry out property restitution, the legal and institutional framework must be updated to accommodate the needs of displaced persons...

OSCE Office-supported conference discusses national minorities situation in Armenia

Publishing date: 14 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: National minority issues
YEREVAN, 14 November 2007- Armenia's implementation of its commitments to protect national minorities is the focus of a two-day conference supported by the OSCE Office that started today in Yerevan...

OSCE Mission to Skopje helps students strengthen inter-ethnic dialogue

Publishing date: 22 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: National minority issues
SKOPJE, 22 October 2007- Strengthening inter-ethnic dialogue and building confidence among seventy students of different ethnic background from four secondary schools, is the aim of a project launched in Kumanovo today...