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OSCE Chairman encourages Tajik Government to push ahead with democratic reforms

Publishing date: 30 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Gender equality, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 30 March 2006- Continuing his trip in Central Asia, the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister, Karel De Gucht, visited Tajikistan on Thursday and met with President Emomali Rakhmonov, Foreign Minister...

Visiting Turkmenistan OSCE Chairman notes importance of starting political reforms and democratisation

Publishing date: 29 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Education, Elections
ASHGABAD, 29 March 2006- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karel De Gucht, paid a visit to Turkmenistan on 29 March. In meetings with President Saparmurat Niyazov...

Ukrainian elections free and fair, consolidating democratic breakthrough

Publishing date: 27 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 27 March 2006- The 26 March parliamentary elections in Ukraine further consolidated the breakthrough in the conduct of a democratic election process that began less than a year and a half ago. Overall, fundamental civil and political rights...

OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht welcomes free and fair conduct of elections in Ukraine

Publishing date: 27 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Elections
BRUSSELS, 27 March 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has expressed his satisfaction over the conduct of the 26 March parliamentary elections in Ukraine...

International observers of Ukraine parliamentary elections to hold press conference Monday in Kyiv

Publishing date: 26 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 25 March 2006- The International Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the Ukrainian parliamentary elections on 26 March, will announce its preliminary findings and conclusions at a press conference at 13:30 on Monday, 27 March at...

OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht condemns police crackdown on peaceful demonstrators in Minsk

Publishing date: 24 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Elections
BRUSSELS, 24 March 2006- OSCE Chairman in Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed today his deep disappointment and regret over the overnight crackdown by the Belarusian authorities against the peaceful demonstration...

OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht concerned over continuous detentions amid post-election developments in Belarus

Publishing date: 23 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
BRUSSELS, 23 March 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has expressed his deep concern at the continuing arrests, detentions and arbitrary court trials of political and civil society activists after the 19 March...