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OSCE urged to support further European integration efforts of former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 5 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
VIENNA, 5 February 2004- In her speech to the OSCE's Permanent Council, the Foreign Affairs Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ilinka Mitreva, praised the work of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission in helping to transform...

Enlarged EU sees OSCE as support for democratic development, says Irish EU Presidency

Publishing date: 22 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 22 January 2004- As the European Union expands, it will look to the OSCE for continued promotion of democracy, human rights, the rule of law and institution-building, Ireland's Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche said...

Implementation of OSCE commitments tops agenda for Bulgarian Chairmanship in 2004

Publishing date: 15 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, National minority issues, Policing
VIENNA, 15 January 2004- The OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, said on Thursday that implementation of OSCE commitments would top the agenda for Bulgaria's Chairmanship of the 55-nation security...

Journalism is more than a market product, says OSCE media watchdog in new study on media concentration in Europe

Publishing date: 18 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 18 December 2003- Media concentration and foreign media ownership might turn out to be a structural obstacle for free and pluralistic media, according to the OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve...

Afghan Foreign Minister seeks OSCE support

Publishing date: 4 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Asian Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 4 December 2003- Afghan Foreign Minister Dr Abdullah Abdullah thanked the OSCE on Thursday for granting his country the status of Partner for Co-operation and asked for the Organization's support as Afghanistan seeks to build security and...

OSCE document foresees action against risks of ammunition stockpiles

Publishing date: 1 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Summits / Ministerial Councils, Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
MAASTRICHT, 1 December 2003- The Foreign Ministers of the 55 OSCE states today endorsed a new OSCE Document dealing with risks arising from surplus stockpiles of conventional ammunition, explosive material and detonating devices. The OSCE Document...

OSCE has critical role to play in new security environment- NATO Secretary General

Publishing date: 6 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 6 November 2003- NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson described the OSCE on Thursday as the standard bearer for human rights and fundamental freedoms and said the Organization had a critical role to play in the new security environment...