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News 10th Anniversary of the FCNM – Statement of the Slovak Presidency Conference TEN YEARS OF PROTECTING NATIONAL MINORITIES AND REGIONAL OR MINORITY LANGUAGES Institutions and Impact Tuesday, 11 March 2008, Strasbourg Programme GENERAL PRESENTATION Overview of activities Calendar of activities Contact the Secretariat Internal links (CoE) Publications (including archived documents) [Internet] Bibliography on National Minorities FRAMEWORK CONVENTION (MONITORING) Text of the Framework Convention Brief introduction Outlines for state reports Signatures and ratifications (search for CETS No. 157) Declarations and reservations (search for CETS No. 157) Monitoring mechanism: Þ Status of monitoring work (1st, 2nd and 3rd cycles) Þ Advisory Committee (ACFC) – general, including thematic Þ Advisory Committee country-specific opinions (first cycle, second cycle; other opinions) Þ Government comments on the AC opinion (first cycle, second cycle) Þ Committee of Ministers country-specific resolutions (first cycle, second cycle); procedural decisions Þ State Reports (first cycle, second cycle) Þ Kosovo: special monitoring arrangements Þ Follow-up activities connected to the monitoring (first cycle, second cycle) INTERGOVERNMENTAL CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE DH-MIN Specific Terms of Reference (2004, 2007) Meeting Reports Activity Reports Working documents

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