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OSCE Chairman-in-Office congratulated authorities in Sarajevo for successful elections
Publishing date: 12 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 12 October 2002- The successful handover of elections to the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the OSCE's new role in education in the country were among the issues the OSCE Chairman-in Office (CiO)...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office commends Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities on conduct of general elections
Publishing date: 7 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
LISBON, 7 October 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, commends the authorities and the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the orderly way in which the elections on 5 October...
General elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina largely in line with international standards
Publishing date: 6 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 6 October 2002- Yesterday's general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina were largely in line with international standards, considering the country's unique constitutional framework, concluded the International Election Observation Mission...
Belgian MP Pieter De Crem to lead OSCE observation of Bosnia and Herzegovina elections
Publishing date: 4 October 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
COPENHAGEN, 4 October 2002 – The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has appointed Pieter De Crem, member of the Belgian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...
OSCE and UN find no evidence that prisoner was forced to convert to Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 30 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 30 September 2002- An investigation by the United Nations and the OSCE into allegations of human rights violations in the Zenica prison has found no evidence that Croat prisoners were forced to convert to Islam...
Reading room for Bosnia-Herzegovina's parliament opened
Publishing date: 23 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 23 September 2002- A reading room for the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina was opened today in the Common Institutions Building in Sarajevo. It is a result of a co-operative effort between the parliamentary assembly, the OSCE...
OSCE and High Representative urge Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities to complete property revalidation
Publishing date: 5 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 5 September 2002-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Office of the High Representative (OHR) have expressed their concern that the recently created "revalidation commissions" have not yet started to function effectively...