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Dutch OSCE Chairmanship to honour 10 years of High Commissioner on National Minorities

Publishing date: 30 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 30 January 2003- The Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The Special Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Ambassador Daan Everts, will give a...

OSCE Chairmanship names Head of OSCE Office in Minsk

Publishing date: 30 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 30 January 2003- The Dutch Chairmanship of the OSCE today announced the appointment of Ambassador Eberhard Heyken of Germany as Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk. Ambassador Heyken, an experienced diplomat whose most recent appointments...

New OSCE Head of Mission and CiO Personal Representative to facilitate solution in Moldova

Publishing date: 21 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
THE HAGUE, 21 January 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has appointed Ambassador William H. Hill of the United States as Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. For Ambassador Hill, a distinguished...

Head of OSCE Mission to Federal Republic of Yugoslavia visits Montenegro

Publishing date: 21 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, National minority issues
BELGRADE/PODGORICA, 21 January 2003- In his first visit to the Republic of Montenegro, the new Head of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), Ambassador Maurizio Massari, held constructive meetings today with leading...

OSCE Chairman welcomes voluntary surrender of ex-Serbian President Milutinovic to ICTY

Publishing date: 20 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 20 January 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, welcomes the voluntary surrender of former Serbian president Milan Milutinovic to the UN International Criminal Tribunal for...

OSCE Mission announces action plan to support new parliament of Serbia and Montenegro

Publishing date: 20 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 20 January 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to the FRY, Maurizio Massari, held talks on Friday, 17 January, with the co-chair of the Constitutional Commission and FRY Parliament Chamber of Citizens Speaker, Dragoljub Micunovic. They...

OSCE Newsletter now online: Netherlands Chair to focus on human security

Publishing date: 16 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 16 January 2003- An interview with the new Chairman-in-Office, Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, is the lead item in the latest issue of the OSCE Newsletter, now available online. The Newsletter also focuses on...