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High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina urges OSCE to give more support to return process

Publishing date: 9 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 9 May 2002- In his last address as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wolfgang Petritsch urged the OSCE Delegations today to lobby their governments for support for the process of return of refugees and displaced...

OSCE held human rights session for Kosovo's ministers

Publishing date: 8 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
PRISTINA, 8 May 2002- An orientation session for ministers of Kosovo's provisional government focused on the importance of human rights in the decision-making process. The session, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...

OSCE at important moment in its evolution, says new Chairman-in-Office

Publishing date: 2 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing
VIENNA, 2 May 2002- The new Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, said on Thursday that the Organization was at an important moment in its evolution but stressed that it should remain an effective forum...

OSCE ready to begin ammunition disposal at Colbasna

Publishing date: 15 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
CHISINAU, 15 April 2002- The OSCE Mission to Moldova has announced the arrival of a device for destroying old ammunition in the region. The so-called "Donovan" detonation chamber, which arrived on April 13, will be used at Colbasna to commence...

Chairman-in-Office urges Belarus to extend visa of OSCE official

Publishing date: 12 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LISBON, 12 April 2002- The Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, is deeply concerned about information indicating that the Belarusian authorities see no grounds to extend the visa and diplomatic accreditation...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls for restraint and dialogue in Moldova

Publishing date: 5 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LISBON, 5 April 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, has expressed today his concern about the continuing demonstrations in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau. "We appeal to the...

OSCE starts to take up its role in census in southern Serbia

Publishing date: 5 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 5 April 2002- Representatives of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) have arrived in the municipalities of Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja and have started to...