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The Activities of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (July 2005-June 2006)

The Activities of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (July 2005-June 2006) Krzysztof Drzewicki and Vincent de Graaf * I. Introduction This overview of the activities of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) covers the period July to June .1 The premise on which the conflict prevention mandate of the HCNM rests is that problems concerning the relationship between the majority and minorities are a major source of international conflict as well as of instability within states. Social tensions arising from minority issues exist in many states and, under certain circumstances, failure to deal in a timely manner with such tensions can lead to violent conflict, affecting peace, stability or relations between states. Ethnic tensions should ideally be countered by policies that encourage all groups to consider the state as their common home, where all individuals are able to interact freely and where all have equal opportunities to participate and to benefit. This integration process is particularly important in relatively newly independent states; for example, in South East Europe and Central Asia, as these states face the complex task of strengthening nationhood, often in difficult political and economic conditions. Where the understanding of nationhood is based mainly on that of the largest ethnic or historically dominant group, it http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Yearbook of Minority Issues Online Brill

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Brill
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Copyright 2007 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1570-7865
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2211-6117
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10.1163/22116117-90000051
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Krzysztof Drzewicki and Vincent de Graaf * I. Introduction This overview of the activities of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) covers the period July to June .1 The premise on which the conflict prevention mandate of the HCNM rests is that problems concerning the relationship between the majority and minorities are a major source of international conflict as well as of instability within states. Social tensions arising from minority issues exist in many states and, under certain circumstances, failure to deal in a timely manner with such tensions can lead to violent conflict, affecting peace, stability or relations between states. Ethnic tensions should ideally be countered by policies that encourage all groups to consider the state as their common home, where all individuals are able to interact freely and where all have equal opportunities to participate and to benefit. This integration process is particularly important in relatively newly independent states; for example, in South East Europe and Central Asia, as these states face the complex task of strengthening nationhood, often in difficult political and economic conditions. Where the understanding of nationhood is based mainly on that of the largest ethnic or historically dominant group, it

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European Yearbook of Minority Issues Online – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2005

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