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OSCE Chairman-in-Office urges redoubled efforts to combat torture

Publishing date: 26 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights
BUCHAREST, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office today called on all OSCE countries to redouble their efforts to combat torture and other ill-human treatment. \"All OSCE states have committed themselves to take effective legislative...

Chairman-in-Office urges passing of election law in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 26 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Elections
BUCHAREST, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, deplores the most recent failure of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament to adopt the Election Law, an essential piece of legislation...

Albanian parliamentary elections mark progress towards international standards

Publishing date: 25 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
TIRANA, 25 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Yesterday's parliamentary elections in Albania marked progress towards meeting international standards for democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a statement issued today...

OSCE calls on parties in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to put aside their differences

Publishing date: 21 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, National minority issues
VIENNA, 21 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, today appealed to all parties in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to put aside their differences and make a real effort to compromise...

OSCE Ministerial Troika meets in Bucharest

Publishing date: 21 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
BUCHAREST, 21 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Ministerial Troika, represented by the Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, the Secretary General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Albert Rohan, and the Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, met...

Personal Representative of Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia to visit Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 20 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office
ALMATY, 20 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Ambassador Wilhelm Höynck, the recently appointed Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for tasks in support of the participating States in Central Asia, will visit Kazakhstan from 22 to 25 June 2001...

Concern over arrest of journalist in Belarus

Publishing date: 19 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 19 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Valeriy Shukin, a Belarus journalist and 13th Supreme Soviet Deputy, was incarcerated on 12 June 2001 for three months on charges of \"hooliganism.\" He was sentenced on 15 March...