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OSCE Chairman-in-Office issues statement on Belarus
Publishing date: 30 November 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BERN, 30 November 1996-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Swiss Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti, issued the following statement today concerning developments in Belarus....
Statement of the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE on the situation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 29 November 1996
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
BERN, 29 November 1996-- Upon invitation by the Yugoslav Government, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights provided a technical analysis of the elections for the Federal Assembly and of the first round of elections for municipal g
OSCE Secretary General travels to Minsk
Publishing date: 27 November 1996
VIENNA, 27 November 1996-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Swiss Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti, has decided to send the Secretary General of the OSCE, Ambassador Giancarlo Aragona, to Minsk,...
OSCE extends mandate of Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 21 November 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 21 November 1996-- The OSCE Permanent Council agreed today to extend the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina until December 1997. The decision was taken in...
OSCE Troika Ministers issue statement on Belarus
Publishing date: 16 November 1996
BERN, 16 November 1996-- The Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Troika, Mr. Laszlo Kovac of Hungary, Mr. Flavio Cotti of Switzerland and Mr. Niels Helveg Petersen of Denmark, issued the following statement today on Belarus:...
OSCE Troika Ministers issue statements at meeting in Copenhagen
Publishing date: 7 November 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Troika
COPENHAGEN, 7 November 1996-- The following statements were issued in Copenhagen today by the OSCE Troika. The Ministers of the Troika of the OSCE underline that the General...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities awarded Wateler Peace Prize
Publishing date: 30 October 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights
THE HAGUE, 30 October 1996-- The Carnegie Foundation today awarded the Wateler Peace Prize to Mr. Max van der Stoel, the OSCE High Commissioner on National...