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OSCE Chairman discusses Kosovo with UN Secretary-General Annan
Publishing date: 5 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
NEW YORK, 5 March 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel discussed the situation in Kosovo and the future of the OSCE with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday. They discussed the way ahead for Kosovo after the review of...
OSCE Chairman urges UN Security Council members to use influence to help end "frozen" conflicts
Publishing date: 4 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
NEW YORK, 4 March 2005- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel urged Permanent Members of the UN Security Council on Friday to use their influence to help end some long-standing conflicts in the OSCE region. "It is difficult for inter-state...
OSCE Chairman sees merit in idea of building on OSCE election commitments
Publishing date: 24 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 24 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said on Thursday he was open to the idea of building on OSCE election commitments agreed in Copenhagen in 1990...
OSCE Chairman calls for closer co-operation with Council of Europe
Publishing date: 23 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
STRASBOURG, 23 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said on Wednesday that the OSCE and the Council of Europe should work together effectively on issues such as human rights and terrorism without...
OSCE and Council of Europe hold high-level meeting, issue joint declaration
Publishing date: 23 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
STRASBOURG, 23 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dimitrij Rupel, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Polish Foreign Minister Adam Daniel Rotfeld, and the Secretaries General of...
OSCE Chairman appoints ex-Slovenian Prime Minister as Personal Representative for Central Asia
Publishing date: 22 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
LJUBLJANA, 22 February 2005- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, has appointed Slovenia's first Prime Minister, Alojz Peterle, to be his Personal Representative for the OSCE States in Central Asia...
OSCE Chairman urges Eminent Persons group to be bold in drawing up vision for Organization's future
Publishing date: 17 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
LJUBLJANA, 17 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, urged the new OSCE Panel of Eminent Persons on Thursday to be bold in drawing up a new vision for the future of the 55-nation security organization...