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OSCE Mission welcomes the appointment of Jovan Ratkovic as National Co-ordinator for the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 7 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BELGRADE, 7 March 2002- Ambassador Stefano Sannino, Head of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), warmly welcomes the appointment of Mr. Jovan Ratkovic as the National Co-ordinator for the Stability Pact for...
Chairman-in-Office praises Georgian counter-terrorism efforts
Publishing date: 7 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 7 March 2002- In the course of a four-day visit to the South Caucasus, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portugal's Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, paid an official visit to Georgia, on 5 and 6 March...
OSCE reiterates the call for affordable armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 4 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Democratization
BANJA LUKA, 4 March 2002- At a meeting in Banja Luka today the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina conveyed to the Republika Srpska political leadership the urgent need to bring its military expenditure in line with approved budgets...
OSCE organizes study visits to Spain and UK for Serbian and Montenegrin MPs
Publishing date: 4 March 2002
BELGRADE, 4 March 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is organizing this week visits of Parliamentary delegations to Spain and the UK as part of its programme aimed at improving the parliamentary dimension and...
OSCE High Commissioner praises adoption of "minority law" in Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 28 February 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
THE HAGUE, 28 February- OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Rolf Ekeus today praised the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for adopting the Law on the Protection of National Minorities. In a letter to the Minister of...
OSCE brings together partners in fight against human trafficking in Ukraine
Publishing date: 28 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 28 February 2002- Two training seminars organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and international partners will focus on fighting trafficking in human beings in the Ukraine...
OSCE opens office within Radio-Television Serbia
Publishing date: 21 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 21 February 2002- Ambassador Stefano Sannino, the Head of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, today opened an OSCE office in the main building of Radio Television Serbia (RTS) on Abardareva street...