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OSCE Support to Humanitarian Agencies in Kosovo Refugee Crisis
Vol. 6 no. 4 o s c e APRIL 1999 NEWSLETTER OSCE Support to Humanitarian Agencies in Kosovo Refugee Crisis IN THIS ISSUE • CiO Visits Albania and fYROM 3 OSCE/Szandelszky • Report from BiH Ombudsmen 4 • OSCE Mission to Ukraine 5 • Seminar in Warnemünde 6 • Press Profile 7 • In Brief 8 • News from the Field 9 • Report from the HCNM 10 • Report of the Representative on Freedom of the Media 11 • Update from the ODIHR 13 • Report from the PA 15 Refugees arriving at the Blace border station in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia The rapidly evolving refugee crisis in that the local resources of international At the end of April, the total strength of Kosovo and surrounding countries which aid organizations where overwhelmed. the remaining KVM was 337. Of these, began at the end of March took on enor- There was not enough personnel on the 181 were fully occupied with assisting mous proportions. During the month of ground and emergency stocks in place the humanitarian effort – 75 in Albania April, approximately 700,000 people were insufficient. Since the recently and 106 in the former Yugoslav Repub- fled or were expelled from Kosovo, evacuated OSCE Kosovo Verification lic of Macedonia. The responsibilities of while hundreds of thousands more were Mission (KVM) was the only interna- the two task forces were similar, but not reported to have been displaced from tional organization with a substantial exactly the same, taking into account their homes inside Kosovo. At the end number of people, vehicles and equip- the different circumstances and environ- of April, the number of refugees in ment in the area, the OSCE decided on ment prevailing in the two countries. -
Armen Sarkissian • Adama Dieng • Henry Theriault • Fernand De Varennes • Mô Bleeker • Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni •
GENOCIDE PREVENTION THROUGH EDUCATION 9-11 DECEMBER 2018 YEREVAN • ARMENIA ORGANIZERS Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia WITH SUPPORT OF IN COOPERATION WITH UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON GENOCIDE PREVENTION AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT TABLE of CONTENTS 9 Message from the Organizers 12 PROGRAM 9-11 December 2018 16 HIGH LEVEL SEGMENT • Zohrab Mnatsakanyan • Armen Sarkissian • Adama Dieng • Henry Theriault • Fernand de Varennes • Mô Bleeker • Kyriakos Kyriakou-Hadjiyianni • 47 PLENARY Dunja SESSION: Mijatović 70th Anniversaries of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the Uni- versal Declaration of Human Rights. 69 PANEL ONE: Supporting Genocide Prevention through Perpetua- tion of Remembrance Days of Genocide Victims. 101 PANEL TWO: New Approaches to Education and Art about Geno- cide and its Prevention. 123 PANEL THREE: Combating Genocide Denial and Propaganda of Xenophobia. 161 PANEL FOUR: The Role of Education and Awareness Raising in the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide. 190 PREVENTION 194 SIDE EVENTS 200 AFTERWORD 10 MESSAGE FROM THE ORGANIZERS he 3rd Global Forum against the Crime of Genocide was held in 2018 and was dedicated to the issues of genocide preven- T tion through education, culture and museums. It examined the challenges and opportunities, experiences and perspectives of the genocide education. This book encompasses presentations that address among other things the role of genocide museums, memorial sites and institutes for perpetuation of remembrance, as well as such complex issues as - tings in which reconciliation, memory, and empathy help to restore aworking modicum with of groups-in-conflicttrust and open communication; in non-traditional combatting educational genocide set denial and propaganda of xenophobia. -
New Broom in Burkina Faso?
alexandra reza NEW BROOM IN BURKINA FASO? n late october 2014, hundreds of thousands of people poured onto the streets of Burkina Faso, incensed by Blaise Compaoré’s bid to change the constitution and seek a fifth presidential term.1 Many of their placards displayed photographs of Thomas Sankara, ICompaoré’s revolutionary predecessor. Others simply read: ‘Blaise, Get Out.’ Pressure had been building all year among citizens of the impov- erished West African state, and by October the mood had hardened. Compaoré clung on, sometimes defiant, sometimes pleading: suggesting reforms, appealing for stability, issuing reminders about the importance of the rule of law. The protests continued nonetheless. Police lined the streets. Many demonstrators were injured; at least thirty were killed. A group called Balai Citoyen (‘Citizens’ Broom’) played a key role in the protests. Balai was founded by prominent musicians: Smockey, a rapper, and the reggae artist Sams’K Le Jah, whose music helped to energize the mainly young crowd—60 per cent of Burkinabès are under 24. As well as Balai Citoyen, other social movements mobilized, among them the Mouvement Ça Suffit (‘That’s Enough’), along with trade unionists and established opposition politicians such as Zéphirin Diabré and Saran Sérémé, who had formerly been members of Compaoré’s ruling party. Sérémé and her colleague Juliette Kongo organized a major women’s protest in the capital Ouagadougou on 27 October. Thousands marched, holding wooden cooking spatulas and megaphones in the air. Eventually, on the 30th, a huge crowd—the opposition claimed it was a million strong—marched on the parliament building and breached its security cordon. -
Austria Aims for Tax Agreement with Liechtenstein by Stefanie Steiner and Christian Wimpissinger
Volume 66, Number 5 April 30, 2012 (C) Tax Analysts 2012. All rights reserved. Tax Analysts does not claim copyright in any public domain or third party content. Austria Aims for Tax Agreement With Liechtenstein by Stefanie Steiner and Christian Wimpissinger Reprinted from Tax Notes Int’l, April 30, 2012, p. 414 Reprinted from Tax Notes Int’l, April 30, 2012, p. 414 COUNTRY (C) Tax Analysts 2012. All rights reserved. Tax Analysts does not claim copyright in any public domain or third party content. DIGEST Austria Aims for Tax Agreement With stein by Austrian taxpayers are held by foundations, which number about 50,000 in a country less than Liechtenstein double the size of Manhattan (160 square kilometers). The Austrian government has announced its inten- Foundations offer a particular feature that appeals to tion to negotiate a bilateral withholding tax agreement some taxpayers: The beneficiaries generally are not with Liechtenstein and to finalize it by the end of identified in public documents. An Austria- April. Liechtenstein agreement that is based on the rationale The Liechtenstein agreement should focus not only of the Swiss agreement but focuses on foundations on bank accounts, but even more, on undeclared invest- would be much more complicated to administer. While ments held in Liechtenstein foundations (stiftungen), the the banking market consists of a specific number of Austrian government said. However, Finance Secretary banks with access to a large number of customers, the Andreas Schieder noted that unlike the negotiations number of foundations, as previously noted, is ex- with Switzerland, talks with Liechtenstein might be tremely high, and each foundation has only a small more cumbersome, both legally and politically. -
From Confidence Tricks to Confidence Building: Resolving Conflict in the OSCE Area
From Confidence Tricks to Confidence Building: Resolving Conflict in the OSCE Area MAY 2011 This meeting note was prepared by On April 3, 2011, the International Peace Institute (IPI) convened in its Vienna Walter Kemp, Director for Europe office a meeting to discuss confidence-building measures in the OSCE area. The and Central Asia, with assistance meeting's participants included representatives of the OSCE’s participating from Ian Hrovatin and David states, executive structures, and Parliamentary Assembly, as well as interna - Muckenhuber, all of IPI Vienna. tional experts. Discussions were held under the Chatham House Rule of It is based on written and oral nonattribution. contributions made by participants at a workshop on confidence- Background building measures in the OSCE area. It reflects the rapporteur's interpre - The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was a tation of the discussions and does pioneer in introducing confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs). not necessarily represent the views For example, it did so in the 1986 and 1994 Vienna Documents, which have of all other participants. since been updated. These measures are designed to improve transparency Sharpening its international profile and predictability in achieving disarmament, and to build trust between and broadening its reach to Europe parties, in order to reduce tensions and avoid the use of force. CSBMs have and beyond, IPI announced the been instrumental in reducing tensions in, for example, Southeastern Europe establishment of its new Vienna office in September 2010. and the South Caucasus. IPI has had a forty-one-year partner - However, the nature of conflict has changed. -
The Director-General Arrived in Ouagadougou on 9 January 2008 at 15:55 Hours
DIRECTOR-GENERAL’S ACTIVITIES IN JANUARY 2008 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 9 to 12 January 2008: The Director-General arrived in Ouagadougou on 9 January 2008 at 15:55 hours. He had bilateral meeting with high-level officials of Burkina Faso, including His Excellency Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso and President of the Council of Ministers; His Excellency Tertius Zongo, Prime Minister and Head of the Government of Burkina Faso; Her Excellency Minata Samate, Minister delegated to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation in charge of Regional Cooperation; and with His Excellency Salif Diallo, Minister of State, Minister for Agriculture, Water and Fishing Resources. On 10 January 2008, the Director-General participated in an interministerial meeting which was chaired by His Excellency Salif Diallo, Minister of State, Minister for Agriculture, Water and Fishing Resources, and included the participation of eleven Ministers and Delegated Ministers and their assistants. He also made a courtesy visit to His Excellency Soumaïla Cissé, President of the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). Discussions touched on issues related to the National Programme for Food Security (NPFS) and a possible visit of His Excellency Salif Diallo to FAO headquarters to attend a meeting with representatives of the funding partners prior to the holding of a round table. The Director-General noted, in particular, the multisectoral nature of food security which would require the participation of the ministerial departments involved in solving the challenges to agricultural development and food security. He reaffirmed FAO’s willingness to assist the Government in finalizing the NPFS document, mobilizing donors and organizing a round table for donors. -
List of Delegations to the Seventieth Session of the General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS ST /SG/SER.C/L.624 _____________________________________________________________________________ Secretariat Distr.: Limited 18 December 2015 PROTOCOL AND LIAISON SERVICE LIST OF DELEGATIONS TO THE SEVENTIETH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY I. MEMBER STATES Page Page Afghanistan......................................................................... 5 Chile ................................................................................. 47 Albania ............................................................................... 6 China ................................................................................ 49 Algeria ................................................................................ 7 Colombia .......................................................................... 50 Andorra ............................................................................... 8 Comoros ........................................................................... 51 Angola ................................................................................ 9 Congo ............................................................................... 52 Antigua and Barbuda ........................................................ 11 Costa Rica ........................................................................ 53 Argentina .......................................................................... 12 Côte d’Ivoire .................................................................... 54 Armenia ........................................................................... -
United Nations Economic and Social Council LIST of PARTICIPANTS
United Nations E/CN.15/2010/INF/1/Add.1 Economic and Social Council Distr. Limited 3 December 2010 Original: English, French, Spanish COMMISSION ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE Reconvened nineteenth session Vienna, 3 December 2010 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS States members of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice ALGERIA Taous FEROUKHI, Ambassadeur, Représentant Permanent, Mission Permanent auprès des Nations Unies, Vienne Zohra ZERARA, Conseiller, Mission Permanente auprès des Nations Unies, Vienne ARGENTINA Eugenio María CURIA, Embajador, Representante Permanente, Misión Permanente ante las Naciones Unidas, Viena Ariel W. GONZÁLEZ, Consejero, Misión Permanente ante las Naciones Unidas, Viena AUSTRIA Stephan HEISLER, Deputy Head, Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Vienna Regina RUSZ, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs Caroline WÖRGÖTTER, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs Nicole KORNHERR, Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Vienna Judith GALTER, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs BELARUS Vadim PISAREVICH, Counsellor, Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Vienna E/CN.15/2010/INF/1/Add.1 BELGIUM Frank RECKER, Ambassadeur, Représentant permanent, Mission permanente auprès des Nations Unies, Vienne Wilfried PFEFFER, Conseiller, Mission permanente auprès des Nations Unies, Vienne Claude GILLARD, Conseiller juridique, Direction générale de la Législation, SPF Justice Amandine PEKEL, Assistante, Mission permanente auprès des Nations Unies, Vienne -
The NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme
The Emerging Security Challenges Division The NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme CONTACT US Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme Emerging Security Challenges Division (ESCD) NATO HQ Bd. Leopold III B-1110 Brussels Belgium Fax: +32 2 707 4232 Email: [email protected] Annual Report 2016 You can find further information and the latest news about the SPS Programme on our website (www.nato.int/science). You can also follow the SPS Programme on Twitter @NATO_SPS. 1214-17 NATO GRAPHICS & PRINTING 1214-17 NATO The Emerging Security Challenges Division The NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme Annual Report 2016 1 Foreword by Ambassador Sorin Ducaru The implementation of the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme over the last year has been pursued in close alignment with NATO’s strategic objectives and partnership priorities: SPS activities made concrete contributions to NATO’s Defence and Related Security Capacity Building (DCB) Initiative for partners and helped to project stability towards the East and South of the Alliance. Responding to the Warsaw Summit guidance, the Programme also demonstrated its flexibility and versatility as a unique tool, quickly offering valuable training modules and practical cooperation through SPS projects to partner nations. As a concrete example in this sense, the SPS Programme responded to political guidance from Allies and a request from our Iraqi partners by launching a flagship project to contribute to Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Disposal and Search Capacity Building for Iraq. The SPS Programme is currently providing both equipment and expert training, assuming a train-the-trainer approach to harness a multiplier effect and ensure the sustainability of the training. -
Distr. GENERAL ICCD/COP(6)
UNITED NATIONS Convention to Combat Distr. GENERAL Desertification ICCD/COP(6)/INF.5 4 March 2004 ENGLISH/FRENCH/GERMAN/ ITALIAN/PORTUGUESE/ SPANISH ONLY CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES Sixth session Havana, 25 August - 5 September 2003 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS The attached list of participants attending the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, held from 25 August to 5 September 2003, has been prepared on the basis of information received by the secretariat as at 3 November 2003. GE.04-60427 ICCD/COP(6)/INF.5 Page 2 PARTIES AFGHANISTAN Mr. António José Condese De Carvalho Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Mr. Ghulam Mustafa Jawad Embassy of Angola, Cuba Deputy Minister Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Sr. Sebastiao Veloso Deputado Mr. Abdul Qadeer Qadeer Presidente de la Comisión de Salud, Ambiente, President Sección Social, Empleo y Antiguos Combatientes Hydrometeorology Department Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y Urbanismo Ministry of Civil Aviation Mr. João Da Costa Vintém ALBANIA National Focal Point Ministry of Urban Affairs and Environment Mr. Zamir Dedej Director of Nature Protection Mr. Tomas Pedro Caetano Ministry of Environment Ministry of Agriculture ALGERIA Ms. Maria Paulina Evangelista Paulo Head of Department S.E. M. Chérif Rahmani Ministry of Urban Affairs and Environment Ministre Ministère de l'Environnement Ms. Rosa Maria Ferreira Diplomatic Assistant S.E. M. Ahmed Maâmar Office of the President Ambassadeur Ambassade d’Algérie, Cuba Mr. Agostino Neto Paulo de Sousa Santana Technician M. Lahcène Bessikri Ministry of Urban Affairs and Environment Ministre Conseiller Ambassade d’Algérie, Cuba Sr. Manuel Pedro Chavez Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y Urbanismo M. -
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development
A/CONF.199/20* United Nations Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August- 4 September 2002 A/CONF.199/20* Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August- 4 September 2002 United Nations • New York, 2002 * Reissued for technical reasons. A/CONF.199/20* Note Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers. A/CONF.199/20* United Nations publication Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 ISBN 92-1-104521-5 Contents Chapter Page I. Resolutions adopted by the Summit................................................ 1 1. Political Declaration.................................................... 1 2. Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development....... 6 3. Expression of thanks to the people and Government of South Africa ............ 73 4. Credentials of representatives to the World Summit on Sustainable Development.. 73 II. Attendance and organization of work .............................................. 74 A. Date and place of the Summit ................................................ 74 B. Attendance................................................................ 74 C. Opening of the Summit...................................................... 79 D. Election of the President and other officers of the Summit ......................... 79 E. Adoption of the rules of procedure ............................................ 80 F. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters .......................... 80 G. Accreditation of intergovernmental organizations ................................ 81 H. Organization of work, including the establishment of the Main Committee .......... -
Sehr Geehrte Abgeordnete Und NRW-Kandidatinnen!
1397/SN-542/ME XXIV. GP - Stellungnahme zu Entwurf (elektr. übermittelte Version) 1 von 3 An Bundeskanzler Werner Faymann [email protected] Vizekanzler Michael Spindelegger [email protected] Beamtenministerin Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek [email protected] Unterrichtsministerin Claudia Schmied [email protected] Finanzministerin Maria Fekter [email protected] Parlamentsclubs SPÖ [email protected] . ÖVP [email protected] , FPÖ [email protected] , Grünen [email protected] , BZÖ ,[email protected] , [email protected] cc: GÖD [email protected] ,[email protected] , [email protected] , ÖGB [email protected] , [email protected] Sehr geehrter Herr Bundeskanzler, sehr geehrte Regierungsmitglieder! Sehr geehrte Abgeordnete und NRW-KandidatInnen! Die Lehrerinnen und Lehrer des Gymnasium Bregenz Gallusstraße haben im Rahmen einer Dienststellenversammlung am 20. September 2013 den Entwurf „Neues Dienstrecht – Pädagogischer Dienst“, der ohne Zustimmung der LehrerInnenvertreter am 29. August ausgeschickt worden ist, diskutiert. Veränderte Anforderungen an Schule und Unterricht haben unsere Arbeitsbedingungen in den letzten Jahren stark verändert. Individualisierung des Unterrichts, soziale Integration, vielfältige Unterrichts- und Lernformen, Beratung und Förderung, Schul- und Unterrichtsentwicklung, gleichzeitig aber mehr als ein Jahrzehnt restriktiver Bildungs-Budgetpolitik haben die Arbeitsbelastung und unsere tatsächliche Arbeitszeit enorm erhöht. Reduzierte Lehrverpflichtungen aus gesundheitlichen Gründen, Überbelastung von Kolleginnen und Kollegen und Burnout sind Folgen dieser Entwicklung. Der aktuelle Bericht des Boltzmann-Instituts zum Thema „Gesundheit bei LehrerInnen“ zeigt diese Problematik deutlich auf. Wir wünschen uns Klarheit und Transparenz über unsere tatsächlichen Leistungen und Arbeitsbedingungen und wollen uns nicht auf das beschämende Niveau der in den letzten Wochen von Dienstgeberseite betriebenen Miesmacherei begeben.