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Press statement on community policing in Croatia
Publishing date: 24 February 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization
ZAGREB, 24 February 1999-- Some of the media have recently publicised misleading and alarmist views about the concept of 'community policing', in connection with the OSCE Mission. We wish to assure...
OSCE calls on Turkey to respect human rights commitments on Öcalan trial
Publishing date: 24 February 1999
COPENHAGEN, 24 February 1999- Mrs. Helle Degn, M. P., President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), appeals to the Turkish authorities to guarantee a fair trial for the arrested leader of the P
Trial of eight men in Gnjilane, Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 February 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Democratization
GNJILANE, 17 February 1999-- On 16 February 1999, in the District Court of Gnjilane, the trial of eight men charged with associating for the purpose of hostile activities and terrorism began. The trial...
New Co-ordination Centre opens in Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 February 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
SRBICA, 10 February 1999-- Yesterday, the Co-ordination Centre Srbica of the OSCE/KVM Regional Centre Mitrovica was officially inaugurated. At the moment 25 international verifiers are...
Racak victims remain unburied
Publishing date: 10 February 1999
PRISTINA, 10 February 1999-- The bodies of 40 Albanian civilians killed in Racak on 15 th January remain unburied. The Kosovo Verification Mission deeply deplores the unresolved issue of the transference of the bodies from the FRY...
OSCE Permanent Council issues statement on Kosovo
Publishing date: 1 February 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
VIENNA, 1 February 1999-- The OSCE Permanent Council remains deeply concerned about the escalating violence in Kosovo. It expresses its full support for the efforts of the...
Overview of international representation in the Kosovo Verification Mission
Publishing date: 30 January 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
PRISTINA, 30 January 1999-- Since the beginning of the Mission, the KVM has constantly increased its size.