Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov

I also would like to take this opportunity to thank Ambassador Adam Hałaciński, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the OSCE, and the team of the Polish Chairmanship, for their support to the work of my Institution and for the productive collaboration we have had this year. [...] My ongoing dialogue with Ukraine’s authorities − including with the office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, the office of the Education Ombudsperson, the office of the Human Rights Commissioner, and the State Service for Ethnic Affairs and Freedom of Conscience − is geared towards gathering information relevant to my mandate and supporting the legislative an. [...] While in Kazakhstan, I held meetings with the authorities on the integration of diverse society of Kazakhstan, social cohesion and participation, ongoing reform processes, including as regards the changes to the representation of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan in the Parliament, and ways to strengthen the Assembly’s “ethno-mediation” capacities. [...] I commend the determination of the national and local authorities, most notably the Ministry of Education and Research and the Department of Education of the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, to promote multilingual education. [...] Lastly, I would like to take this opportunity and wish a productive 2023 to the Chairpersonship of North Macedonia, including to His Excellency Bujar Osmani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia; my dear colleague and friend, Ambassador Igor Djundev, Permanent Representative of the Republic of North Macedonia to the OSCE, as well as to the strong and capable team of the i.