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OSCE urges cuts in defence spending by Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 28 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 28 January 2002- Representatives of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have urged the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to cut military expenditures in a meeting today...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes Law on Local Self-Government passed in Skopje
Publishing date: 25 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization
LISBON, 25 January 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portugal's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jaime Gama, has welcomed the adoption of the law on local self-government by the Parliament of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia addressed OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 24 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Skopje
VIENNA, 24 January 2002- In a press conference after addressing the OSCE Permanent Council, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Slobodan Casule, said the situation in his country was "stable but fragile"
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Jaime Gama receives Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov
Publishing date: 23 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
Lisbon, 23 January, 2002- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, received his Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov, here for official discussions. The ministers spoke about several issues on the OSCE agenda.
OSCE congratulates Bosnia and Herzegovina on accession to Council of Europe
Publishing date: 23 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 23 January 2002- The Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dieter Woltmann, has congratulated the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the important step towards accession to the Council of Europe (CoE)...
OSCE Ministerial Troika meeting in Lisbon discusses further anti-terrorism measures
Publishing date: 22 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika
LISBON, 22 January 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Ministerial Troika, which met yesterday in Lisbon, supported new measures to tackle the roots of terrorism, while at the same time urging its 55 participating States to safeguard traditional human rights...
Chairman-in-Office: new laws hopeful sign in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 18 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management
SKOPJE, 18 January 2002- At the end of a two-day visit to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Portugal's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jaime Gama, indicated that his meetings with the Government in Skopje...