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OSCE endorses women's efforts at Stability Pact Summit
Publishing date: 29 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 29 July 1999-- On behalf of OSCE Chairman in Office Minister Knut Vollebaek, OSCE Head of Mission Robert L. Barry, today endorsed an appeal by women parliamentarians and representatives of women's groups from across Southeastern Europe...
Aims of Stability Pact cannot be imposed without people's participation
Publishing date: 29 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 29 July 1999-- Speaking to regional leaders at the Stability Pact Summit in Sarajevo today, Ambassador Robert Barry, OSCE Special Envoy for Southeastern Europe, said that the people of Southeastern Europe must be active participants...
Bringing civil society into the Stability Pact process
Publishing date: 28 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 28 July 1999-- Representatives of civil society organizations across Southeastern Europe called on Wednesday for greater involvement by non-state actors in the development and implementation of the Stability Pact....
OSCE welcomes the release of Russian journalist
Publishing date: 20 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 20 July 1999-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, welcomes the release of Grigory Pasko, a Russian journalist who was arrested in November 1997 and charged with spying.
Albanian reform and development programme reviewed
Publishing date: 20 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization
BRUSSELS, 20 July 1999-- The following statement is a joint press release from the EU Presidency and the OSCE Chairman-in-Office on the Friends of Albania meeting in Brussels.
New website for OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 19 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 19 July 1999-- The OSCE launched a new internet web site today, that includes up-to-date information on the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. The Mission is a component of the United Nations...
Editor of opposition newspaper in Belarus threatened
Publishing date: 12 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 12 July 1999-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, is seriously concerned with reports that a senior editor for the Belaruskaya Delovaya Gazeta, a leading opposition newspaper, had...