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OSCE Chairman-in-Office supports decision to postpone municipal elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 27 August 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
BERN, 27 August 1996-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office supports the decision made today by the Provisional Election Commission to put off the municipal elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He believes this measure should be able to correct the consequences
OSCE Mission to Croatia begins operations
Publishing date: 5 July 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 5 July 1996-- The OSCE Mission to the Republic of Croatia began its operations today with the arrival of its head of mission, Amb. Albert J.A.M. Nooij of the Netherlands.
Chairman-in-Office calls for war criminals to be handed over
Publishing date: 9 May 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
BERN,9 May 1996-- The presence in Bosnia-Herzegovina of war criminals indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague is a hindrance to the holding of free and fair elections...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office issues declaration on Chechnya
Publishing date: 1 April 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 1 April 1996-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes President Yeltsin's initiative for peace and hopes it will prove a decisive step in the direction of a turning point away from the recent escalation of combat.
OSCE Economic Forum convenes in Prague
Publishing date: 22 March 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 22 March 1996--The Fourth Meeting of the OSCE Economic Forum will convene on 27-29 March at the Czernin Palace in Prague. The meeting is expected to contribute economic security elements...
OSCE Senior Council to meet this week in Prague
Publishing date: 18 March 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 18 March 1996-- On Thursday and Friday, 21-22 March, the OSCE Senior Council will be meeting in Prague. The meeting will open on Thursday at 15.00 with a statement by the...
OSCE Ministerial Troika meets in Copenhagen
Publishing date: 23 January 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Troika
COPENHAGEN, 23 January 1996-- The Ministers of the Troika of the OSCE met today in Copenhagen to follow-up on the OSCE Summit in Lisbon, discuss elections in Chechnya, and review the situation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and in Belarus...