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(34) The advice and recommendations requested from the experts will be submitted in
confidence to the High Commissioner, who will be responsible for the activities and for
the reports of the experts and who will decide whether and in what form the advice and
recommendations will be communicated to the parties concerned. They will be nonbinding. If the High Commissioner decides to make the advice and recommendations
available, the State(s) concerned will be given the opportunity to comment.
(35) The experts will be selected by the High Commissioner with the assistance of the
ODIHR from the resource list established at the ODIHR as laid down in the Document
of the Moscow Meeting.
(36) The experts will not include nationals or residents of the participating State
concerned, or any person appointed by the State concerned, or any expert against
whom the participating State has previously entered reservations. The experts will
not include the participating State's own nationals or residents or any of the persons
it appointed to the resource list, or more than one national or resident of any particular State.
Stockholm 1992 (Decisions: 3. High Commissioner on National Minorities)
(…) The Ministers expressed their support for the High Commissioner and their readiness to co-operate with him in the execution of his complex but crucial task of identifying and containing at the earliest possible stage tensions involving national minority
issues which have the potential to develop into a conflict within the CSCE area.
The Ministers encouraged the High Commissioner to analyse carefully potential areas
of tension, to visit any participating State and to undertake wide-ranging discussions
at all levels with parties directly involved in the issues. In this context, the High Commissioner may discuss the questions with the parties and, where appropriate, promote
dialogue, confidence and co-operation between them at all levels, to enhance political
solutions in line with CSCE principles and commitments.
The Ministers undertook to provide the High Commissioner with relevant information
at their disposal on national minority issues, fully respecting the independence of the
High Commissioner in accordance with the mandate.
Rome 1993 (Decisions: III. High Commissioner on National Minorities)
Bearing in mind the close interrelationship between questions relating to national
minorities and conflict prevention, the Ministers encouraged the High Commissioner
on National Minorities (HCNM) to pursue his activities under his Mandate (…) The
Ministers stressed the importance of participating States co-operating fully with the
High Commissioner and supporting follow-up and implementation of his recommendations (…)
Bucharest 2001 (Decisions: Decision No. 5)
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