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Permanent Council establishes OSCE Transitional Task Force for Kosovo
Publishing date: 9 June 1999
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 9 June 1999-- In a special session yesterday evening, the OSCE Permanent Council decided to establish a Transitional Task Force for Kosovo to focus on preparation for a new Mission in Kosovo....
Ambassador Ján Kubis appointed new OSCE Secretary General
Publishing date: 4 June 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 4 June 1999-- Ambassador Ján Kubis of Slovakia has been appointed as the new Secretary General of the OSCE. Ambassador Kubis will succeed Ambassador Giancarlo...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes Yugoslav acceptance of peace plan
Publishing date: 3 June 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ZAGREB, 3 June 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Norwegian Foreign Minister Knut Vollebæk, expresses his satisfaction that the Yugoslav authorities...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia
Publishing date: 1 June 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 1 June 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Norwegian Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek, will visit Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Zagreb on 2-4 June....
Swedish parliamentarian leads OSCE election observers in Armenia
Publishing date: 26 May 1999
COPENHAGEN, 26 May 1999-- Ms. Tone Tingsgaard MP will arrive in Yerevan on the 28 May to lead the OSCE observers for the Parliamentary Elections in Armenia on Sunday 30 May....
OSCE Chairman-in-Office holds meeting on Balkan regional stability
Publishing date: 20 May 1999
OSLO, 20 May 1999-- The Norwegian Chairmanship of the OSCE will convene a meeting tomorrow, 21 May, in Oslo at senior official level to discuss measures for promoting...
Chairman-in-Office declaration on the 50th Anniversary of the Council of Europe
Publishing date: 10 May 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
OSLO, 10 May 1999- As Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, I wish to pay tribute on behalf of the OSCE to the Council of Europe...