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OSCE Chairman regrets end of OSCE mandate in Chechnya

Publishing date: 3 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
THE HAGUE, 3 January 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, today expressed regret that agreement could not be reached on extending the mandate of the OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya...

OSCE concerned over arrest of NGO activist in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 31 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights
ASHGABAD, 31 December 2002- The OSCE Centre in Ashgabad is concerned about the fate of Mr. Farid Tuhbatullin, a member of a registered environmental group, who was detained by the authorities on 23 December and has been charged...

OSCE and Belarus agree on new OSCE Office in Minsk

Publishing date: 30 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 30 December 2002- The Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe agreed on Monday to create a new OSCE Office in Minsk from January 1, 2003, replacing the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring...

Property issues and school reform top priorities of OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2003

Publishing date: 30 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 30 December 2002- Property issues and improvements of the school system will be among the top priorities of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2003, Ambassador Robert Beecroft, Head of the...

Head of OSCE Kosovo Mission calls for progress in democracy-building in 2003

Publishing date: 30 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
PRISTINA, 30 December 2002- Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, today called on the province's political leaders to show courage and participate fully in the democratization and reconciliation process...

More Russian military equipment leaves Transdniestria

Publishing date: 30 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
CHISINAU, 30 December 2002- The OSCE Mission to Moldova has again verified the removal of Russian military equipment from the Transdniestrian region of Moldova, destined for Russia. A total of 29 rail cars left Tiraspol on 24 December...

International observers call for removal of laws allowing endless repeat elections in Montenegro

Publishing date: 23 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Elections
PODGORICA, 23 December 2002- Following yesterday's failed presidential election in Montenegro, international observers from the OSCE and the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly today called for the removal of provisions in the...

OSCE observers visit detained Kazakh opposition journalist

Publishing date: 19 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
WARSAW, 19 December 2002- A group of OSCE observers have met the opposition journalist Sergey Duvanov, who is being held in pre-trial detention on charges of having raped a minor, to assess the conditions of his detention...

OSCE mission urges Macedonian party to participate in Ohrid Meeting

Publishing date: 19 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SKOPJE, 19 DECEMBER 2002- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje regrets the announcement yesterday by senior officials of VMRO-DPMNE that the party is considering not to participate in the forthcoming meeting to...

OSCE sees progress in draft law on Croatian Radio-TV

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 18 December 2002- The latest draft law on Croatian Radio-Television (HRT), currently before Parliament, is an improvement on previous drafts and with a few changes, could provide a good basis for a new law, according to...