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UNCLAS SKOPJE 000383 
 
SIPDIS 
 
EUR FOR SCE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE MK
SUBJECT: MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION 
MEETING DELIVERED 
 
REF: STATE 78227 
 
Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 
 
¶1.  (SBU)  PolOff delivered reftel demarche on July 31 to 
Sanja Zografska-Krteska, MFA Deputy Head for Multilateral 
Affairs, and Nikolina Staleska, MFA Counselor for OSCE and 
Council of Europe.  Zografska-Krteska thanked PolOff for 
sharing USG views on progress/concerns in areas of human 
rights and democracy in Macedonia ahead of the HDIM meeting. 
She noted special gratitude for U.S. recognition of 
Macedonia's progress in the conduct of 2009 elections 
following chaotic and violent 2008 parliamentary elections, 
and noted that a pilot program is in progress to update the 
bloated voter list in two municipalities, with plans to focus 
on a national-level update to the voter list. 
Zografska-Krteska assured us that Macedonia will continue to 
engage in robust anti-TIP efforts and seek to maintain its 
status as a Tier 1 country. 
¶2.  (SBU)  Zografska-Krteska took special interest in U.S. 
concerns regarding lack of effective implementation of 
registration procedures for religious communities and groups 
under the 2007 law on the status of these groups.  She was 
previously unaware of the serious problems in Skopje Court II 
with regard to delays in reviewing applications and seemingly 
extra-legal rejections of applications of religious 
groups/communities.  She asked a number of questions on the 
details and promised to look into it ahead of the HDIM 
meeting. 
REEKER