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OSCE Chairman-in-Office appoints special representative for elections in Armenia
Publishing date: 28 April 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
OSLO, 28 April 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Foreign Minister of Norway Knut Vollebaek, has designated Ms. Tone Tingsgaard as his Special Representative to lead the OSCE Short-Term Observation Mission to the Parliamentary Elections in Armeni
OSCE journalism prize awarded to Christiane Amanpour
Publishing date: 23 April 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Media freedom and development
COPENHAGEN, 23 April 1999- The Leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, meeting today in Copenhagen, has awarded the 1999 OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy to the international reporter, Christiane Amanpour.
OSCE supports UN Secretary General on Kosovo
Publishing date: 23 April 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 23 April 1999-- The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe expressed strong support for the recent statement made by the Secretary General of the United Nations on the crisis in Kos
OSCE KVM documents human rights violations committed in Kosovo
Publishing date: 20 April 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
SKOPJE, 20 April 1999-- OSCE KVM Human Rights staff previously working in Kosovo are conducting in-depth interviews with victims and witnesses regarding alleged human rights violations, covering the period 20 March 1999 onwards....
OSCE KVM helps with refugee registration
Publishing date: 9 April 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Migration
PRISTINA, 9 April 1999-- The pace of registering ethnic Albanian refugees in the Stenkovac camps to make them ready for airlifts to sanctuary countries is rapidly increasing, and is expected soon to reach 2000 persons a day....
Kosovo Verification Mission supports UNHCR relief efforts
Publishing date: 6 April 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
SKOPJE, 6 April 1999-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Knut Vollebaek offered the resources of the 250 strong OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission in Ohrid, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, to support the UNHCR relief efforts in a statement on 1 April....
OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission investigates human rights violations
Publishing date: 4 April 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
SKOPJE, 4 April 1999-- The OSCE Kosovo Mission, presently located in the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (fYROM), is making a concerted effort to produce the most extensive picture possible of the human rights situation within Kosovo during the