MINELRES: Macedonia's NGOs appeal dated 23 July 2002

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Original sender: Nicola Markes-Goerlach
<Nicola.MARKES-GOERLACH@coe.int>


With reference to the appeal launched by the Macedonian Network of
NGOs to the FYROM Government on 22 July 2002, the Secretariat of the
Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National
Minorities wishes to make clear that it is not involved in this
appeal. In the context of persisting delays in the submission of state
reports, The Secretariat of the Framework Convention simply refers to
�14 of the Third Activity Report of the Advisory Committee, which
states: "The Advisory Committee is however concerned that several
States were more than a year late in submitting their reports and
that, in some cases, the reporting delays are so important that they
risk undermining the first cycle of monitoring in the countries
concerned (see Appendix II). The Advisory Committee is therefore of
the view that the Committee of Ministers should address this concern
as a matter of priority with a view to ensuring that cases of
persistent failure to report under the Framework Convention do not
result in a continuous lack of monitoring of the countries concerned".
The Third Activity Report of the Advisory Committee, which was adopted
in May 2002, is available on-line together with its appendices under
<http://www.humanrights.coe.int/minorities/index.htm>

Council of Europe
Directorate General of Human Rights
Secretariat of the Framework Convention
for the Protection of National Minorities and of the DH-MIN
F-67075 Strasbourg-Cedex
minorities.fcnm@coe.int 

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Nicola Markes-Goerlach
Council of Europe
Directorate General of Human Rights
Secretariat of the Framework Convention
for the Protection of National Minorities and of the DH-MIN
F-67075 Strasbourg-Cedex
nicola.markes-goerlach@coe.int
http://www.humanrights.coe.int/minorities/index.htm

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