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OSCE Chairman urges Batumi to resume negotiations with Georgian leadership
Publishing date: 5 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
WASHINGTON, D.C., 5 May 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has expressed his deepest concern over the recent developments in Ajara. He stressed the importance of maintaining the territorial integrity and national...
OSCE Mission assists in handover of weapons and munitions in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 30 April 2004
TBILISI, 30 April 2004- Engineers of the Joint Peacekeeping Force carried out on Thursday the destruction of weapons and munitions collected under the OSCE Mission to Georgia Rapid Reaction programme in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict.
OSCE 'Berlin Declaration' sets out concrete measures to fight anti-Semitism
Publishing date: 29 April 2004
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
BERLIN, 29 April 2004- The OSCE's second Conference on anti-Semitism ended today with a ringing condemnation of all acts motivated by anti-Semitism or other forms of religious or racial hatred, and States agreed to take specific, practical counter...
OSCE Office calls on Armenian authorities to thoroughly investigate recent cases of violence
Publishing date: 29 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
YEREVAN, 29 April 2004- The OSCE Office in Yerevan is deeply concerned about the increasing number of violent incidents, an alarming lack of progress in bringing to justice the perpetrators and the atmosphere of intolerance in the Armenian society...
OSCE Chairman presents grandfather's yellow star to German Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 29 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BERLIN, 29 April 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy marked the end of an OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism on Thursday by presenting the yellow star his grandfather had worn as a Jew in Bulgaria during World War Two to German Foreign Minister...
Chairman-in-Office stresses crucial role of education in challenging anti-Semitism across OSCE area
Publishing date: 28 April 2004
BERLIN, 28 April 2004- Opening the OSCE's second conference on anti-Semitism today, the Organization's Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy warned that the "murder of memory", allowing the remembrance of the Holocaust to slowly fade away, was the surest...
OSCE Office in Baku marks Earth Day
Publishing date: 22 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
BAKU, 22 April 2004- A series of events and outdoor activities for Azerbaijani children, aimed at teaching them to understand the global environmental challenges and to be more responsible towards nature, were held today to mark Earth Day...