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Successful first session of Republika Srpska National Assembly
Publishing date: 19 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Elections
SARAJEVO, 19 December 2000-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina is pleased with the dignified and democratic manner in which the inaugural session of the Republika Srpska National Assembly was held on Saturday, 16 December...
Convention of refugee associations held in Zagreb
Publishing date: 18 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 18 December 2000-- In a statement issued today, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Bernard Poncet, welcomed the initiative of refugee associations in Croatia to organize a convention bringing together the various groups...
OSCE/ODIHR deploys Observation Mission for repeat parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 18 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
BAKU, 18 December 2000- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) today established an Election Observation Mission for the 7 January 2001 repeat parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan...
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
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...
First Kosovo NGO forum meets in Pristina
Publishing date: 15 December 2000
PRISTINA, 15 December 2000-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Kosovo Civil Society Foundation are co-sponsoring the first forum of Kosovo non-governmental organizations (NGOs), from 15 to 17 December at the Grand Hotel in Pristina...
Class 11 graduates from OSCE Kosovo Police Service School
Publishing date: 15 December 2000
PRISTINA, 15 December 2000-- The eleventh class of police cadets graduates from the OSCE-run Kosovo Police Service School this Saturday, 16 December 2000...
Statement by the OSCE Chairmanship on allegations against the OSCE office in Belarus
Publishing date: 15 December 2000
VIENNA, 15 December 2000-- The Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, Ambassador Jutta Stefan-Bastl, has made the following statement on behalf of the OSCE Chairmanship...
OSCE activities in Belarus are within its agreed mandate
Publishing date: 15 December 2000
MINSK, 15 December 2000-- The OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus (AMG) takes strong issue with recent public statements by the Chief of the Belarusian Committee of State Security...
OSCE field activities continue efforts in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 14 December 2000
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 14 December 2000-- The OSCE Permanent Council today decided to extend the mandates of three OSCE field activities in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe...
OSCE adapts focus of office in Central Asia
Publishing date: 14 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 14 December 2000-- The OSCE Liaison Office in Central Asia (CALO) has been renamed the OSCE Centre in Tashkent by the OSCE Permanent Council today.