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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned with unstable situation in Chechnya
Publishing date: 8 January 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek, issued the following statement from Warsaw today: The OSCE Chairman-in-Office is...
Personal Representative condemns violence in Kosovo
Publishing date: 31 December 1997
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office
What we do: Human rights
THE HAGUE, 31 December 1997--The brutal way in which the police dispersed a peaceful student demonstration in Kosovo yesterday gives rise to deep concern.
Mandate for OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina extended for 1998
Publishing date: 11 December 1997
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 11 December 1997-- The Permanent Council of the OSCE today decided to extend the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina until 31...
OSCE releases statement on re-run of presidential elections in Serbia
Publishing date: 9 December 1997
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 9 December 1997-- The OSCE Technical Assessment Mission for the re-run of the Presidential Elections in Serbia issued a Preliminary Report in Belgrade today. If you are interested in receiving a copy of the report, please contact:
Arms reduction period ends for former warring Yugoslav republics
Publishing date: 21 November 1997
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 21 November 1997-- The Parties to the Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control have significantly reduced the level of their arms holdings...
Mandates created for media representative and economic and environmental co-ordinator-2
Publishing date: 11 November 1997
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 6 November 1997-- The Permanent Council of the OSCE yesterday decided on the mandate for the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...
Human rights record of OSCE States under review in Warsaw
Publishing date: 11 November 1997
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 11 November 1997-- The Foreign Minister of Poland, Bronislaw Geremek will open the biannual OSCE Implementation Meeting tomorrow in Warsaw. The three-week Meeting of...
Mandates created for media representative and economic and environmental co-ordinator
Publishing date: 6 November 1997
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 6 November 1997-- The Permanent Council of the OSCE yesterday decided on the mandate for the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, as called for by the OSCE Lisbon Summit Meeting in December 1996.
OSCE Ministerial Troika meets in Warsaw
Publishing date: 31 October 1997
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Troika
WARSAW, 31 October 1997-- The Ministers of the Troika of the OSCE, the Foreign Ministers of Poland, Switzerland and Denmark met today in Warsaw. The Ministers discussed prospects for the Copenhagen...
OSCE releases final technical report on elections in Serbia
Publishing date: 27 October 1997
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 27 October 1997- The final technical report on the 21 September Parliamentary Election and the 21 September and 5 October Presidential Election in the Republic of Serbia is available at the OSCE Secretariat, by request.