Re: Monitoring of the Framework Convention gets underway

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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 20:09:28 +0300 (EET DST)
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Subject: Re: Monitoring of the Framework Convention gets underway

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Re: Monitoring of the Framework Convention gets underway


Dear all,

Antti Korkeakivi <Antti.KORKEAKIVI@coe.fr> wrote:

> Opened for signature on 1 February 1995, Framework Convention for 
> the Protection of National Minorities is the first legally binding
> multilateral instrument for the protection of national minorities.
> It has been ratified by Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech 
> Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, 
> Liechtenstein, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Romania, Russia, San Marino, 
> Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, "the former Yugoslav 
> Republic of Macedonia", Ukraine, the United Kingdom as well as 
> Armenia.
> 
> It has also been signed by Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Iceland,
> Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland,
> Portugal and Sweden.
 

Bulgaria HAS ratified the Convention.
 
It is the second time we get this inaccurate information about them
from such a source!!
 
P. Dimitras

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>From the moderator: The official list of signatures and ratifications
(http://www.coe.fr/tablconv/157t.htm) says that Bulgaria only signed
the Convention on 09/10/97, while the entry for ratification remains
blank. May this be connected with the formalities (depositing etc.)?
Boris

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