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OSCE Ministerial Troika discussed issues at Bucharest meeting
Publishing date: 23 January 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika
BUCHAREST, 23 January 2001-- The OSCE Ministerial Troika, represented by the Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, The Secretary General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Albert Rohan, and the Portugese Foreign Minister...
OSCE and EU to enhance mutual co-operation
Publishing date: 19 January 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
STOCKHOLM, 19 January 2001-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Romania Mircea Dan Geoana, met today in Stockholm with Anna Lindh, the Foreign Minister of Sweden, the country currently holding the Presidency of the European Union...
Chairman-in-Office appoints Head of new OSCE Mission to FRY
Publishing date: 17 January 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 17 January 2001-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Dan Geoana, has today appointed Ambassador Stefano Sannino as Head of the new OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
Chairman-in-Office visits Belgrade, OSCE office to open soon
Publishing date: 15 January 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
BELGRADE, 15 January 2001-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Dan Geoana, met with the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Yugoslav political leadership in Belgrade today...
Chairman-in-Office delivers first address to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 11 January 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 11 January 2001-- OSCE participating States must make a greater collective effort to respect individual human rights, to encourage access to prosperity, social justice and equal opportunity...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office issues statement on Turkmenistan amnesty decision
Publishing date: 10 January 2001
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BUCHAREST, 10 January 2001-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Dan Geoana, welcomes the Turkmen Government\'s decision to release Primukuli Tanrykuliev and Nurberdy Nurmamedov from prison...
Repeat elections in Azerbaijan mark some improvement, but still do not meet a number of international standards
Publishing date: 8 January 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 8 January 2001-- The 7 January 2001 repeat parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan marked some improvement compared to the 5 November 2000 ballot, but still did not meet a number of international standards for democratic elections...