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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President to visit Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 12 February 1999
COPENHAGEN, 12 February 1999-- From 16-18 February 1999, Mrs. Helle Degn, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, will visit Uzbekistan to observe the situation in the Republic...
New Co-ordination Centre opens in Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 February 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
SRBICA, 10 February 1999-- Yesterday, the Co-ordination Centre Srbica of the OSCE/KVM Regional Centre Mitrovica was officially inaugurated. At the moment 25 international verifiers are...
Racak victims remain unburied
Publishing date: 10 February 1999
PRISTINA, 10 February 1999-- The bodies of 40 Albanian civilians killed in Racak on 15 th January remain unburied. The Kosovo Verification Mission deeply deplores the unresolved issue of the transference of the bodies from the FRY...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls on parties to negotiate on Kosovo
Publishing date: 4 February 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
OSLO, 4 February 1999- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Norwegian Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek, calls on the Government of the Federal Republic of...
OSCE Permanent Council issues statement on Kosovo
Publishing date: 1 February 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
VIENNA, 1 February 1999-- The OSCE Permanent Council remains deeply concerned about the escalating violence in Kosovo. It expresses its full support for the efforts of the...
Overview of international representation in the Kosovo Verification Mission
Publishing date: 30 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
PRISTINA, 30 January 1999-- Since the beginning of the Mission, the KVM has constantly increased its size.
British Foreign Minister meets Albanian leaders with KVM Head of Mission
Publishing date: 30 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
PRISTINA, 30 January 1999-- The U.K. Foreign Minister, Mr. Robin Cook, representing the Contact Group, will meet today with leaders of the Albanian community in Kosovo. The...
Over 1,000 international OSCE verifiers in Kosovo
Publishing date: 29 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
PRISTINA, 29 January 1999-- Today the number of international staff with the Kosovo Verification Mission passed another significant milestone when new arrivals brought the KVM strength to 1,020....
Shooting at Rakovina condemned by KVM
Publishing date: 27 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
PRISTINA, 27 January 1999-- The OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission condemns the shooting of five civilians near the village of Rakovina, reported Monday, as a criminal and brutal act which cannot be tolerated....
Yugoslav Government releases nine Albanian prisoners
Publishing date: 24 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
PRISTINA, 24 January 1999-- The OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission was pleased to learn yesterday that nine ethnic Albanians, imprisoned since December for KLA-activities, were released by the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....