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New minority commissioner takes up post

Publishing date: 2 July 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 2 July 2001 (OSCE)-- Rolf Ekeus today took up the post of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. His mandate is to provide \'early warning\' and, as appropriate, \'early action\' at the earliest possible stage...

Van der Stoel appointed Personal Envoy of Chairman-in-Office

Publishing date: 29 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 29 June 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, has appointed Max van der Stoel as his Personal Envoy with the mandate \"to facilitate a dialogue and provide advice for a speedy solution...

Chairman-in-Office welcomes transfer of Milosevic to The Hague

Publishing date: 29 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
BUCHAREST, 29 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, welcomes the transfer of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia...

OSCE Parliamentarians visit Georgia to facilitate reconciliation in Abkhazia

Publishing date: 28 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 28 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on Abkhazia, Georgia visited Georgia from 26 to 28 June to make a first assessment of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict settlement process...

OSCE calls on parties in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to put aside their differences

Publishing date: 21 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, National minority issues
VIENNA, 21 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, today appealed to all parties in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to put aside their differences and make a real effort to compromise...

OSCE Ministerial Troika meets in Bucharest

Publishing date: 21 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
BUCHAREST, 21 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Ministerial Troika, represented by the Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, the Secretary General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Albert Rohan, and the Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, met...

Skopje: OSCE looking for long-term solutions

Publishing date: 18 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Policing
SKOPJE, 18 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, visited Skopje today, in what he called \"one of the most important weeks for this country,\" in which \"we encourage a compromise be found.\"