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Ambassador Heyken: Belarus and OSCE to make fresh start

Publishing date: 17 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
MINSK, 17 February 2003- Belarus and the OSCE are to "open a new page" in their relations, the Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, said on Monday. "My endeavour will be to establish an atmosphere of trust and mutual...

Head of Belgrade Mission unveils plan of action to assist Serbia and Montenegro

Publishing date: 13 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Media freedom and development, Policing
BELGRADE, 13 February 2003- Ambassador Maurizio Massari, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, today made his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna and unveiled the Mission's plan of action to assist the State Union...

OSCE PA Working Group on Belarus visits Minsk

Publishing date: 7 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
MINSK, 7 February 2003- Three members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Working Group on Belarus, Ms. Uta Zapf (Germany), the Chair of the Group, Mr. Urban Ahlin (Sweden), and Lord Ponsonby (UK), visited Minsk from 5 to 7 February...

Bosnia and Herzegovina entities conduct joint natural disaster exercise

Publishing date: 6 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 6 February 2003- Yesterday, for the first time in over ten years, the armed forces of both entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina- the Federation and Republika Srpska- conducted a command post exercise which simulated a natural disaster...

OSCE CiO meets Russian Foreign Minister

Publishing date: 5 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
THE HAGUE, 5 February 2003- On 4 February 2003, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, met the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Igor S. Ivanov. "We discussed...

OSCE roundtable in Albania agrees to draft national strategy for Roma

Publishing date: 4 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
TIRANA, 4 February 2003- Plans to draft a national strategy aimed at improved living conditions for the Roma minority community in Albania were agreed yesterday at an OSCE-financed roundtable. According to the memorandum of understanding between...

OSCE Office assists the election process in Armenia

Publishing date: 3 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Elections
YEREVAN, 3 February 2003- The OSCE Office in Yerevan is arranging for transparent ballot boxes to be provided to Armenia for use during the coming presidential and parliamentary polls, on 19 February and 25 May respectively...