OSCE, Alm.del - 2010-11 (1. samling) - Bilag 47: OSCE PA - Supplementary Item 1-25

1. Convinced that conflict prevention is one of the major aspects of the general remitgiven to the OSCE,2. Noting that in this connection, the question of protecting national minorities againstthe background of guaranteeing State sovereignty is a crucial issue for both rightsand security within the OSCE area,3. Concerned by the situation of tension in various States, which flared up dramaticallyin Kyrgyzstan last year,4. Convinced that the OSCE is concretely and effectively concerning itself with thequestion of national minorities, also by the establishment of the High Commissionerfor National Minorities,5. Considering that in 2008 the High Commissioner for National Minorities issued the19 Bolzano Recommendations, to be used as guidelines for governments regardingimplementation of a sound policy to protect the rights of national minorities withinthe framework of interstate relations,6. Noting that scholars and the academic world also consider the BolzanoRecommendations to be a useful benchmark for establishing fair policies fornational minorities, as was recently confirmed at the Bolzano Seminar organised bythe Italian Delegation on 20 May, 2011,7. Noting that the 19 Bolzano Recommendations have now joined the fundamentalrecommendations in this matter issued by the Council of Europe as a specificbenchmark model,The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly:8. Hopes that the Parliaments of the member countries, acting synergistically with thelawful representatives of minorities, will rapidly appraise the compatibility of theirown legislation over this matter with the principles of the 2008 BolzanoRecommendations.

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