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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Chairman-in-Office delivers first address to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 11 January 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 11 January 2001-- OSCE participating States must make a greater collective effort to respect individual human rights, to encourage access to prosperity, social justice and equal opportunity...
Statement by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the Serbian parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 24 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, December 24, 2000-- The Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner welcomed the peaceful and orderly conduct of the Serbian parliamentary elections of 23 December.
Significant progress observed in Serbia elections
Publishing date: 24 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Belgrade, 24 December 2000- The 23 December 2000 parliamentary election in Serbia marked significant progress and was conducted largely in line with accepted international standards...
Regulation amended for Central Election Commission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 20 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 20 December 2000-- The present Central Election Commission in Kosovo will be dissolved and the terms of office for the current members will expire on 31 December 2000...
OSCE activities in Belarus are within its agreed mandate
Publishing date: 15 December 2000
MINSK, 15 December 2000-- The OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus (AMG) takes strong issue with recent public statements by the Chief of the Belarusian Committee of State Security...
Kosovo-wide radio licences awarded
Publishing date: 12 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 12 December 2000-- On 11 December 2000, a panel chaired by the Temporary Media Commissioner (TMC) decided to award broadcast licenses for the two available Kosovo-wide radio frequencies to Radio 21 and Radio Dukagjini...
Conference for journalists in the South Caucasus, 8-11 December
Publishing date: 6 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
TBILISI, 6 December 2000-- A three-day conference for Abkhaz, Armenian, Azeri, Georgian, Nagorno Karabakh and South Ossetian journalists will be held at the Gudauri Conference Centre, Georgia from 8 to 11 December...