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OSCE Chairman-in-Office appoints special representative for elections in Armenia
Publishing date: 28 April 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
OSLO, 28 April 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Foreign Minister of Norway Knut Vollebaek, has designated Ms. Tone Tingsgaard as his Special Representative to lead the OSCE Short-Term Observation Mission to the Parliamentary Elections in Armeni
OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned about arrests in Belarus
Publishing date: 1 April 1999
VIENNA, 1 April 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Norwegian Foreign Minister Knut Vollebæk, is deeply concerned about the 30 March 1999 arrest of Mr. Mikhail Chegir, a former Prime Minister of Belarus and one of the candidates for the presidenti
Albanian newspapers under threat in Kosovo
Publishing date: 16 March 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 16 March 1999-- The OSCE KVM voices its strong condemnation over the repressive measures taken by the Serbian Government against three Albanian language newspapers published in Pristina....
OSCE Chairman-in-Office issues statement on Belarus
Publishing date: 12 March 1999
OSLO, 12 March 1999-- Last week the OSCE Chairman-in-Office urgently appealed to the Government of Belarus to release from detention Mr. Victor Gonchar, chairman of the opposition Election Committee....
OSCE Chairman-in-Office issues statement on Belarus
Publishing date: 3 March 1999
OSLO, 3 March 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Norwegian Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek, is deeply concerned regarding the recent arrests of the head and members of...
Press statement on community policing in Croatia
Publishing date: 24 February 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization
ZAGREB, 24 February 1999-- Some of the media have recently publicised misleading and alarmist views about the concept of 'community policing', in connection with the OSCE Mission. We wish to assure...
OSCE calls on Turkey to respect human rights commitments on Öcalan trial
Publishing date: 24 February 1999
COPENHAGEN, 24 February 1999- Mrs. Helle Degn, M. P., President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), appeals to the Turkish authorities to guarantee a fair trial for the arrested leader of the P