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OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls for energetic and peaceful election campaign in Kosovo

Publishing date: 10 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
LISBON, 10 September 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, welcomed the official start today of the 45-day election campaign period for the forthcoming Municipal Elections in Kosovo and called...

Largest pan-European human rights conference convenes in Warsaw

Publishing date: 28 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 28 August 2002- More than 500 government representatives, international experts and human rights activists will gather in Warsaw from 9 to 19 September to attend Europe's largest human rights and democratization conference. The...

Kosovo media to provide fair access to political entities

Publishing date: 26 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 26 August 2002- Kosovo's media outlets are to provide fair access to all political entities running in the municipal elections to ensure that voters can make an informed choice on October 26. The Central Election Commission (CEC) has...

OSCE Mission to assess second election re-run in southern Serbia

Publishing date: 20 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 20 August 2002- The Serbian government conducted proportional municipal elections in Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac on 28 July, supported by the OSCE, its Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and other...

OSCE Chair welcomes Macedonian elections date

Publishing date: 4 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 4 July 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses its satisfaction at today's official announcement that elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will be held on September 15. With this announcement, the OSCE hopes...

Yugoslav foreign minister welcomes OSCE contribution to reform in FRY

Publishing date: 20 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 20 June 2002- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Goran Svilanovic, today welcomed the OSCE's contribution to the process of reform and democratisation in his country. Addressing the Permanent Council...

No security and stability without freedom of expression, says Head of OSCE Centre in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 18 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
ALMATY, 18 June 2002- Ambassador Heinrich Haupt, Head of the OSCE Centre in Almaty, said today at a media conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, that there was no true security and stability without freedom of expression...