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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE in Belarus issues statement on first anniversary of disappearance of Victor Gonchar and Anatoly Krasovsky
Publishing date: 15 September 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
MINSK, 15 September 2000- The OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus notes that on September 16, 1999 Viktor Gonchar, First Vice Chairman of the 13th Supreme Soviet and his friend Anatoly Krasovsky disappeared...
OSCE South-Eastern Europe Heads of Mission meet in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 12 September 2000
Content type: Press release
SARAJEVO, 11 September 2000- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina Ambassador Robert L. Barry together with the OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis is hosting a meeting of the Heads of the OSCE missions and offices in South-Eastern Europe.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office issues statement on local elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 12 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 12 September 2000-- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, welcomes the holding of municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 10 September 2000...
OSCE Permanent Council calls on FRY to release detainees
Publishing date: 7 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Policing
VIENNA, 7 September 2000- The 54-member OSCE Permanent Council called on the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) today to speed up legal procedures and to rapidly release from detention in Belgrade the two British OMIK members...
First Round Table on elections held in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 7 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 7 September 2000-- The first Round Table on Elections was held in Astana recently, under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (ODIHR, Parliamentary Assembly, Centre in Almaty)...
Kosovo Central Election Commission attends conference in Sweden
Publishing date: 6 September 2000
PRISTINA, 5 September 2000-- Members of the Central Election Commission, the body responsible for the conduct of elections in Kosovo, are attending an important two-day seminar...
Parliamentary Assembly talks focus on OSCE and Belarus
Publishing date: 5 September 2000
COPENHAGEN, 5 September, 2000-- Mr. Adrian Severin, MP (Romania), President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, held a series of meetings and talks in Vienna...