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OSCE and Yugoslavia - Important dates, timeline
- Date:
- Place:
- VIENNA
- Source:
- OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Chairpersonship
- Fields of work:
- Elections
VIENNA, 25 September 2000 - Following is background information and a timeline of recent OSCE involvement in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia.
Important Links
HISTORIC AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION - OSCE and Yugoslavia
Important Links
- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office issues statement following elections in FRY - 25 September 2000 (press release).
- OSCE/ODIHR issues preliminary statement and conclusions regarding elections in FRY - 25 September 2000 (report).
- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media - September 2000 - Serbia: Journalism and Elections (reports)
- ODIHR Election Reports - FRY and Serbia
- ODIHR Press Release: Yugoslav elections law does not meet international standards - 31 August 2000 (press release)
- OSCE Chairperson-in-office condemns sentencing of Yugoslav party official - 4 August 2000 (press release)
- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office calls upon Yugoslavia to respect its international commitments
- OSCE/ODIHR - Report on the Re-run Presidential Elections in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 7 and 21 December 1997
- OSCE/ODIHR - Report on the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 21 September 1997
- OSCE Mission in Kosovo website
HISTORIC AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION - OSCE and Yugoslavia
- July 8, 1992 - Yugoslavia suspended from participation in OSCE (first time and only time to date OSCE has employed consensus minus one mechanism)
- August 14, 1992 - OSCE Missions of Long Duration established for Kosovo, Sandjak and Vojvodina (mission survey)
- September 1992 - OSCE mission deployed to Kosovo, Sandjak and Vojvodina (early warning, reporting on the situation) (mission survey)
- July 1993 - Missions withdrawn after FRY authorities refused to sign MOU to prolong missions. (mission survey)
- December 1996 - Former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzales becomes OSCE Special Representative to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (press release)
- December 27, 1996 - OSCE Special Representative to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Felipe Gonzalez, issues report on findings in Yugoslavia.
- August 1997 - OSCE monitors elections in Serbia (press release)
- July 23 1998 - OSCE Technical Assessment Mission issues an assessment of the deteriorating situation in FRY (press release)
- October 15, 1998 - OSCE establishes Kosovo Verification Mission (press release)
- July 1, 2000 - OSCE establishes mandate for OSCE Mission in Kosovo (press release)