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OSCE commemorates five years in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 18 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SARAJEVO, 18 December 2000-- Today, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina marks five years of work in the country. The Mission is based on the work of an earlier and smaller OSCE Mission founded in October 1994...

OSCE can play a valuable role in Belarus

Publishing date: 11 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 11 December 2000-- The following statement was issued today by the Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, Ambassador Jutta Stefan-Bastl...

OSCE Missions continue efforts in Central Asia, Caucasus and Baltics

Publishing date: 7 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Moldova, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed), OSCE Mission in Estonia (closed), OSCE Mission in Latvia (closed), OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 7 December 2000- The OSCE Permanent Council today decided to extend the mandates of seven OSCE Missions in Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Baltics and Eastern Europe.

OSCE concerned about tensions in Albania

Publishing date: 29 November 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 29 November 2000-- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, expressed her deep concern today about the increasing tensions in Albania...

Eighth OSCE Ministerial Council ends in Vienna

Publishing date: 28 November 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 28 November 2000-- The Eighth OSCE Ministerial Council ended today with the adoption of two documents: the Vienna Declaration on the role of the OSCE in South-Eastern Europe and a decision on enhancing OSCE efforts to combat trafficking...

Two reports detail OSCE activities during 2000

Publishing date: 27 November 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, 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, 27 November 2000-- Two reports describing OSCE activities during the past year were released by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Vienna today...

OSCE Chair calls for forceful reaction to 'brutalization of conflicts'

Publishing date: 27 November 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 27 November 2000-- In the opening address to the Vienna Ministerial Council, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Benita Ferrero-Waldner today called for a more forceful reaction to the brutalization of conflicts