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OSCE Election Observation Mission issues preliminary statement on Kazakhstan elections
Publishing date: 11 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
ALMATY, 11 October 1999-- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Election Observation Mission for the 10 October 1999...
UN Deputy Secretary General reviews co-operation with OSCE
Publishing date: 7 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 7 October 1999-- Reviewing joint efforts and enhancing future co-operation in conflict prevention and resolution was the main...
Chairman-in-Office issues statement on Belarus
Publishing date: 7 October 1999
OSLO, 7 October 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Foreign Minister Knut Vollebæk of Norway, follows with great anticipation the first steps towards negotiations...
Chairman-in-Office urges restraint and reconciliation in Kosovo
Publishing date: 7 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
PRISTINA, 7 October 1999-- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek of Norway, today urged the people of Kosovo to step up reconciliation efforts...
German Foreign Minister stresses OSCE role in conflict prevention
Publishing date: 6 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 6 October 1999-- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is predestined, like no other European organization, to pioneer the "culture of prevention", German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer told the Permanent Council.
Chairman-in-Office issues statement on "so-called" presidential elections and referendum in Abkhazia, Georgia
Publishing date: 6 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Elections
OSLO, 6 October 1999-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek of Norway, states the...
Parliamentary Assembly vice-president to lead election observers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 October 1999
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
COPENHAGEN, 6 October 1999-- Mr. Ihor Ostash MP (Ukraine), Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, will arrive in Almaty on 7 October 1999, to lead the OSCE...
International observers condemn violence in Ukraine elections
Publishing date: 5 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
KIEV, 5 October 1999-- An Election Observation Mission in Ukraine strongly condemns the violent attack on presidential candidate Natalya Vitrenko and her supporters...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office visits Kosovo
Publishing date: 5 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 5 October 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek of Norway, will visit Kosovo on 6 and 7 October. The Chairman-in-Office will discuss the rebuilding of...
OSCE and Council of Europe meet to discuss co-operation
Publishing date: 4 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 4 October 1999-- Representatives of the OSCE and the Council of Europe met today in Vienna to discuss co-operation between the two organizations. The meeting focused on...