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New Bureau for the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration

Publishing date: 18 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
GENEVA, 18 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The newly elected Bureau of the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration met for the first time in Geneva.

Bulgarian parliamentary elections generally in line with international election standards

Publishing date: 18 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
SOFIA, 18 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The 17 June parliamentary elections in Bulgaria were generally in line with international standards on democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a statement issued today in Sofia...

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.\"

OSCE Chairman-in-Office to visit Skopje Monday

Publishing date: 18 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SKOPJE, 18 June 2001-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, will visit Skopje on Monday, 18 June, leading a delegation which also includes the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Max van der Stoel.

Office equipment grant to monitor small arms hand-over in Georgia

Publishing date: 18 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TSKHINVALI, 18 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Ambassador Jean-Michel Lacombe, Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, handed over an OSCE grant in form of office equipment to the Special Co-ordination Centre...

OSCE back in Chechnya: A major breakthrough

Publishing date: 15 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
ZNAMENSKOYE, 15 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, visited Chechnya today on the occasion of the official inauguration of the OSCE Assistance Group office in Znamenskoye (northern Chechnya)

NGOs to enhance their role in Kosovo

Publishing date: 15 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization
PRISTINA, 15 June 2001-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the NGO Assembly of Kosovo are hosting tomorrow, 16 June, a consultative meeting to improve co-operation between non-governmental organizations (NGOs)...

OSCE/ODIHR Director visits Chechnya to assess human rights situation

Publishing date: 14 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 14 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann, visited Chechnya on 13 and 14 June on a fact-finding mission to assess the human rights situation

Wilhelm Höynck appointed Personal Representative of Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia

Publishing date: 14 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BUCHAREST, 14 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana today announced the appointment of Dr. Wilhelm Höynck, career diplomat and former OSCE Secretary General, as his Personal Representative...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament called upon to pass draft election law

Publishing date: 13 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Elections
SARAJEVO, 13 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina today called upon members of Parliament from the House of Representatives and the House of Peoples to urgently pass the draft election law...