The High Commissioner on National Minorities: Origins and Background
Publisher: ECMI Volume: 10 pages, pdf Description: In 2012, it was exactly 20 years since the then Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), now known as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), achieved consensus on the establishment of a highly remarkable new institution: the High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM). At the time, it was a unique instrument for conflict prevention, unparalleled by any other international organization and that has not changed since then.