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OSCE/ODIHR will observe Kyrgyz presidential elections, concerned about candidate registration procedures
Publishing date: 14 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 14 September 2000- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) will establish an election observation mission in Kyrgyzstan to monitor the presidential election scheduled for 29 October...
OSCE urges better media access for small political parties in Albania
Publishing date: 14 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
TIRANA, 14 September-- The OSCE Presence in Albania Press and Public Information Office has been receiving a number of complaints by junior parties of different political camps, regarding TV coverage reserved to their electoral initiatives...
OSCE Head of Mission supports relatives of detainees and missing persons in Kosovo
Publishing date: 14 September 2000
PRISTINA, 14 September 2000-- The OSCE Head of Mission, Ambassador Daan Everts, has received a delegation representing relatives of Kosovars detained by the authorities in Serbia and other missing persons in front of the OSCE headquarters in Pristina...
Transitional period for new Ombudsmen law in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 14 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 14 September 2000- The OSCE and OHR would like to take this opportunity to recall the transitional provisions of the Organic Law on the Federation Ombudsmen...
OSCE calls for openness and accountability in Kosovo elections
Publishing date: 13 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 13 September 2000-- OSCE Head of Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Daan Everts, has called on all those contesting the forthcoming municipal elections to be open with and accountable to the people...
OSCE condemns murder of Kosovo journalist
Publishing date: 13 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 13 September 2000-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo expresses its deep concern over what seems to be increased attacks on journalistic work...
Pre-election campaign begins 27 September in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 13 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 13 September 2000- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina would like to announce that the pre-election campaign for the November general elections...
OSCE South-Eastern Europe Heads of Mission meet in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 12 September 2000
Content type: Press release
SARAJEVO, 11 September 2000- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Ambassador Robert L. Barry together with the OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis is hosting a meeting of the Heads of the OSCE missions and offices in South-Eastern Europe.
Albania voters should verify voters list eligibility
Publishing date: 12 September 2000
TIRANA, 12 September 2000-- The OSCE Presence in Albania adds support to the Central Election Commission (CEC) statement of 9 September concerning the final voter list for the forthcoming local government elections...
45-day municipal election campaign begins in Kosovo
Publishing date: 12 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 12 September 2000-- The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, Dr Bernhard Kouchner, and the Commander of KFOR, Lieutenant General Juan Ortuno...