- The experts from the UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination asked Greece in Geneva Tuesday to recognize the Macedonian minority and give them the right to speak their mother tongue. Nova Makedonija reports that for the first time experts from a number of countries at the UN bombarded Greece with questions of why it refuses to recognize the Macedonian minority and give them the right to speak their language. The Greek delegation defended itself saying that the recognition of the minority as "Macedonian" was a threat of potential tension in the region.