58th session of the U.N. Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Geneva, March 16-19, 2001

On March 16-19 a delegation consisting of members from the RAINBOW party and the Home of Macedonian Civilization took part in the proceedings of the 58th session of the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

It is the responsibility of CERD to review official state reports and examine whether member states are respecting the convention to eliminate racial discrimination -- which Greece has signed. View the report which Greece submitted to this body http://www.florina.org/html/2001/greece_cerd.doc. Source: http://www.unhchr.ch

RAINBOW and the Home of Macedonian Civilization in conjunction with the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Greek Helsinki Monitor and Minority Rights Group - Greece had an opportunity to present a parallel report to CERD on this matter. Read the parallel report http://www.florina.org/html/2001/cerd_parallel.doc.

Because this was a working meeting we had an opportunity to present the difficulties faced by members of Greece's Macedonian minority. Through the parallel report and our briefing we informed in detail the members of CERD about the situation of the Macedonian minority in Greece and the discriminatory policies of the Greek state -- not only against Macedonians but against members of other minorities as well.