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• participating in or undertaking missions when instructed by the Council or the CSO;
(5b) act as a clearing-house for information on:
• a state of public emergency according to paragraph 28.10 of the Document of the Moscow Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension;
• resource lists, and assistance, e.g. in the field of censuses or on democracy at a local
and regional level, and the holding of national seminars on such issues;
(5c) assist other activities in the field of the Human Dimension, including the building
of democratic institutions by:
• fulfilling the tasks as defined in the "Programme of co-ordinated support to recently
admitted participating States";
• arranging "Seminars on the democratic process" at the request of participating States.
The same procedural provisions as set out in the "Programme of co-ordinated support
for recently admitted participating States" will also apply to these seminars;
• contributing, within the resources at its disposal, to the preparation of seminars at the
request of one or more participating States;
• providing, as appropriate, facilities to the High Commissioner on National Minorities;
• communicating, as appropriate, with relevant international and non-governmental
organizations;
• consulting and co-operating with relevant bodies of the Council of Europe and those
associated with it, and examining how they can contribute, as appropriate, to the
ODIHR's activities. The ODIHR will also, at the request of participating States, supply them with information about programmes within the framework of the Council of
Europe which are open to all participating States.
(6) The activities on Human Dimension issues undertaken by the ODIHR may, inter
alia, contribute to early warning in the prevention of conflicts.
Human Dimension Mechanism
(7) In order to align the Human Dimension Mechanism with present CSCE structures
and institutions the participating States decide that:
Any participating State which deems it necessary may provide information on situations and cases which have been the subject of requests under paragraphs 1 or 2 of the
chapter entitled the “Human Dimension of the CSCE” of the Vienna Concluding Document or on the results of those procedures, to the participating States through the
ODIHR - which can equally serve as a venue for bilateral meetings under paragraph 2 -
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