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Portuguese Chairmanship urges Belarus to comply with OSCE commitments

Publishing date: 4 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 4 June 2002- The Portuguese OSCE Chairmanship issued the following statement on Tuesday: Despite all efforts made by the OSCE Chairmanship, through direct contacts with Minsk, to overcome the current difficulties between Belarus and...

"OSCE is not a talking shop" says Secretary General

Publishing date: 3 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 3 June 2002- "The OSCE's work makes a practical difference to the lives of ordinary people in troubled areas", said the Secretary General of the Organization, Jan Kubis, dismissing suggestions by some media commentators calling the 55-...

OSCE Chairmanship calls for release of Kyrgyz opposition activists

Publishing date: 17 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
LISBON, 17 May 2002- The Portuguese Chairmanship of the OSCE expressed its deep concern about the continued detention of a group of opposition politicians and human rights activists in Kyrgyzstan, who were taken into custody yesterday by...

OSCE human rights envoy calls for dialogue and easing of tensions in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 17 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 17 May 2002- At the end of his visit to Kyrgyzstan, the Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights called for urgent steps to be taken to foster dialogue between all political forces in the...

Personal representatives of Armenian and Azeri Presidents held Nagorno-Karabakh talks in Prague

Publishing date: 15 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
PRAGUE, 15 May 2002- On the instructions of Presidents Robert Kocharian of Armenia and Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan, their personal representatives, Deputy Foreign Minister Tatoul Markarian of Armenia and Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov...

Personal representatives of Armenian and Azeri Presidents hold Nagorno-Karabakh talks in Prague

Publishing date: 14 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
PRAGUE, 14 May 2002- Personal Representatives of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are meeting at Stirin, outside Prague, under the Chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group. The meeting...

OSCE welcomes agreement on new laws under Ohrid Agreement

Publishing date: 13 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 13 May 2002- The OSCE Mission notes with great satisfaction the agreement reached on Saturday on the texts of 16 very important laws mentioned in the Ohrid Agreement. As agreed by the parties, the laws...