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OSCE High Commissioner urges implementation of education reform in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 21 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 22 July 2004- President Askar Akaev of Kyrgyzstan has welcomed a new report on minorities and education in the country, saying that it would "open up a new phase in the ethnic policy of Kyrgyzstan." A Working Group on Integration through...

Transdniestrians step up "linguistic cleansing" with orders to empty Moldovan-language school

Publishing date: 20 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
CHISINAU, 20 July 2004- The crisis continues to deepen in the campaign against Moldovan schools teaching the state language in Latin script in the breakaway region of Transdniestria. Local authorities there continue what is termed "linguistic...

OSCE: Linguistic cleansing underway in Transdniestria

Publishing date: 15 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
THE HAGUE/CHISINAU, 15 July 2004- "Today's forced closure of the Moldovan School in Tiraspol is nothing less than linguistic cleansing," the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, said on Thursday...

OSCE Mission welcomes signing of agreement on inter-ethnic tolerance and co-operation in Belgrade

Publishing date: 6 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 6 July 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro welcomed today's signing in Belgrade of an agreement on inter-ethnic tolerance and co-operation by more than 40 cities and non-governmental organizations from south-eastern Europe...

OSCE Skopje mission supports Model UN event to help bridge ethnic divisions

Publishing date: 21 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 21 June 2004- An ethnically mixed group of 80 students are participating in a Model UN VIP Conference beginning today at Ohrid. Working to improve inter-ethnic relations and build confidence, the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje...

Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro calls for dialogue, decentralisation in Kosovo

Publishing date: 18 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 18 June 2004- The Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro, Vuk Draskovic, called for dialogue and decentralisation in Kosovo in an address to the OSCE Permanent Council on Friday. He also urged the international community to ensure that the...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo presents document on informal settlements

Publishing date: 15 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: National minority issues
PRISTINA, 15 June 2004- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Bajram Rexhepi, today presented the final document of a regional roundtable on informal settlements of Roma and other vulnerable groups. The paper...