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Violations of 2002 Electoral Rules of Kosovo will result in penalties

Publishing date: 15 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 15 May 2002- Stiff penalties will be imposed on Kosovo's political entities again this year if they break the rules governing the 2002 electoral process. These could range from fines to a candidate or party being barred from...

Personal representatives of Armenian and Azeri Presidents hold Nagorno-Karabakh talks in Prague

Publishing date: 14 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
PRAGUE, 14 May 2002- Personal Representatives of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are meeting at Stirin, outside Prague, under the Chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group. The meeting...

Multi-ethnic media agency to open in former Macedonian crisis area

Publishing date: 14 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Media freedom and development, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 14 May 2002- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje welcomes the official opening this week of a multi-ethnic media project in Tetovo, a city of 70,000 people located in a former crisis area in the...

Recent parliamentary elections bring Ukraine closer to international standards

Publishing date: 13 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 13 May 2002- The 31 March parliamentary elections brought Ukraine closer to meeting international commitments and standards for democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission (IEOM)...

OSCE welcomes agreement on new laws under Ohrid Agreement

Publishing date: 13 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 13 May 2002- The OSCE Mission notes with great satisfaction the agreement reached on Saturday on the texts of 16 very important laws mentioned in the Ohrid Agreement. As agreed by the parties, the laws...

Statement on adoption of amendments to Latvian election laws

Publishing date: 10 May 2002
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 10 May 2002- The following statement was issued by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekéus, today: "I welcome the adoption today by the Saeima (Latvian Parliament) of bill...

OSCE/ODIHR welcomes abolishment of language requirements in Latvian election law

Publishing date: 10 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: National minority issues
WARSAW, 10 MAY 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcomes yesterday's decision by the Latvian Parliament to abolish provisions in the election law requiring Latvian...

Seminar in Georgia focuses on human rights monitoring and reporting

Publishing date: 10 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TBILISI, 10 May 2002- International human rights law and monitoring techniques will be the focus of a series of training seminars that started today in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. The training seminars are initiated by the OSCE's...

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 Chairman-in-Office speaks to Helsinki Committee of United States Congress

Publishing date: 8 May 2002
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
WASHINGTON, 8 May 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs Martins da Cruz, reiterated during a visit to the United States capital, Washington D.C., the will of the Chairmanship to consolidate the role of...