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OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes redeployment of police officers in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
BUCHAREST, 24 October 2001 (OSCE) -- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, welcomes the redeployment, last Monday, of police officers of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into the five pilot villages
OSCE monitors police redeployment in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
SKOPJE, 22 October 2001 (OSCE) -- The redeployment of Macedonian police into areas affected by this year's crisis saw a successful start today. Ethnically mixed police patrols, accompanied by OSCE police advisors entered the five 'pilot' villages
OSCE Chairman-in-Office visits Skopje
SKOPJE, 18 October 2001 (OSCE) -- "The OSCE is here to assist the Macedonian Government in regaining control over its territory and, through this, to help the displaced population to return to their homes", concluded the OSCE Chairman-in-Office...
Statement from OSCE Chairman-in-Office on the situation in Abkhazia
BUCHAREST, 17 October 2001 (OSCE) - The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, expresses his concern about the recent developments in Georgia's breakaway...
International effort and bilateral dialogue are recipe to solve Abkhazia crisis, says Georgian President
TBILISI, 16 October 2001 (OSCE) - An 18-nation Delegation of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe met today with the President of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze, as a concluding note of a four-day visit to the country...
OSCE 18-nation delegation arrives in Georgia
TBILISI, 12 October 2001 (OSCE) - An 18-nation delegation from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) arrived today in Tbilisi, Georgia, for a 4-day visit. The delegation is accompanied by representatives of the OSCE...
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - conditions not in place for deployment of international monitors
VIENNA, 4 October 2001 - \"I urge President Trajkovski to undertake steps to get back into the sequence of measures agreed, both political and security-related, and would like to strongly encourage all parties to stick to the agreement reached in Ohrid...
OSCE boosts the size and scope of its Skopje Mission
VIENNA, 29 September 2001 (OSCE) - The OSCE Permanent Council has decided to send a further 159 international officers to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, to add to the 51 already deployed. This additional number will include a further...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls for plan of action to fight terrorism
VIENNA, 21 September 2001 (OSCE) -- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, called today on all 55 OSCE participating States to work together to develop an OSCE-wide plan of action for the fight against terrorism...
New Head appointed for Skopje Mission
SKOPJE, 22 August 2001 (OSCE) - Ambassador Craig Jenness from Canada has been appointed as new Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje. He took up his duties on 20 August. Prior to this new position, Ambassador Jenness has been...