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The ECMI Library is an independent collection of books, journals, and grey literature of more than 3,000 items covering many aspects of minority issues. The highly specialized collection offers public access to a variety of materials in more than twenty languages on interethnic relations, language and cultural diversity issues and ethnic conflict in Europe.
The Library includes a useful reference section and a considerable number of published and unpublished reports, and is especially strong in the area of minority protection with regards to international law. The ECMI Library is also unique in that it includes an ever-growing number of annual reports of Ombudsman offices around the world, which provide insight into the human rights situation in many countries. Current periodical and newspaper subscriptions reflect the multidisciplinary nature of ECMI research, and reference services are provided both in-house and for the general public.
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| Author |
Brenninkmeijer, Olivier A.J. |
|---|---|
| Title | The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities : Negotiating the 1992 Conflict Prevention Mandate |
| Parallel title / Title of generic unit | |
| Subject | 1. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 2. High Commissioner for National Minorities |
| Publisher | Geneva: PSIO Graduate Institute of International Studies |
| Year | 2005 |
| Pages | 199 |
| Description | This study traces, for the first time, the entire process of diplomatic negotiations that took place in 1992 and led to the creation of the High Commissioner on National Minorities. The countries that participated are those that adhere to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Based on original diplomatic exchanges from the negotiations and from interviews, this research brings to life the contrasting views between a liberal approach to conflict prevention and the realpolitik of some major powers at the time when the war in the former Yugoslavia became a terrible reality for civilians, journalists and diplomats caught in the cross-fire. The fear of spreading inter-ethnic and minority-majority violence pushed the participating States of the OSCE to agree on an effective multilateral instrument to prevent future massacres in places where violence had not yet begun. Spurred on by diplomatic lobbying, a mandate for conflict prevention was negotiated. How this happened is the subject of this study. |
| Type | Book |
| Note | Includes bibliographical references. CONTENTS: Background to the negotiations / The proposal for practical conflict prevention / The Netherlands' objectives / The drafts and its supporters and opponents / Concerns and objections during negotiations / The negotiation sessions / The troubling objectors / Lobbying for co-sponsors / Principal duties and restrictions / The final weeks / Negotiating from early states of conflict to terrorism / A few more days to the acceptance of the final draft / The last word from objections to interpretative statements / Conclusion / Annexes |
| Language | English |
| Series | PSIO Occasional Paper 5 |
| Identifier | 2828801071 |
| Call No. |
341.7'3'094 |
| Location |
Library |
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