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Belgium to take over Chairmanship of OSCE on 1 January
Publishing date: 1 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 30 December 2005- Belgium will officially take over the Chairmanship of the OSCE from Slovenia on 1 January 2006, with Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht succeeding his Slovenian counterpart, Dimitrij Rupel, as Chairman-in-Office...
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes approval of 2006 budget by participating States
Publishing date: 20 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 20 December 2005- The Slovenian Chairmanship today welcomed the decision, at a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, to approve the Unified Budget for 2006, amounting to 168.2 million EUR...
OSCE Chairman and Mission to Skopje welcome European Union member candidate status
Publishing date: 19 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization
SKOPJE, 19 December 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dimitrij Rupel, and the Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje welcomed the decision of the European Council to grant the host country candidate status for EU membership. "We congratulate...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses concern at escalation of tension in Georgia
Publishing date: 6 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LJUBLJANA, 6 December 2005- Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel, announced his concern at news of the arrest by Georgian military police of two South Ossetian police officers and the detention of three Georgian police and nine civilians by South Ossetia...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office says participating States have "no free ride" on adhering to their commitments
Publishing date: 6 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Summits / Ministerial Councils
LJUBLJANA, 6 December 2005- Closing the 13th Ministerial Council of the OSCE on Tuesday, the Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, reminded States that they could not expect "a free ride" when it came to living up to the...
Chairman-in-Office says Kazakhstan election points to need to open up political life
Publishing date: 5 December 2005
LJUBLJANA, 5 December 2005- Responding to the preliminary statement of the OSCE observation mission on the Kazakh presidential election, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel said the findings pointed to a continued need to open up political life...
Chairman-in-Office urges Foreign Ministers' meeting to sharpen OSCE's focus and expand capabilities
Publishing date: 5 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
LJUBLJANA, 5 December 2005- Opening the 13th Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel called on the 55 participating States to take decisions that would chart a course...
Chairman-in-Office urges Uzbekistan to allow OSCE monitors into closed trials of alleged terrorists
Publishing date: 2 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
LJUBLJANA, 2 December 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, has written to the Uzbek Government, recalling its promise to give international observers the opportunity to monitor trials arising from the violent...
OSCE Chairman's representative in Central Asia discusses political issues with Kyrgyz leadership
Publishing date: 25 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 25 November 2005- Alojz Peterle, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for the participating States in Central Asia, today met key members of the Government here to discuss current political developments in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Chairman calls for close dialogue with the Central European Initiative
Publishing date: 25 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
PIESTANY, Slovakia, 25 November 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dimitrij Rupel, said on Friday that the Central European Initiative would continue to play an important role as a facilitator of European unity. Minister Rupel, who spoke at...