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OSCE Commissioner welcomes adoption of minority law in Croatia

Publishing date: 16 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 16 December 2002- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, today welcomed the adoption of the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities by the Parliament of the Republic...

OSCE Kosovo Mission happy with Council of Europe report on elections

Publishing date: 13 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 13 December 2002- Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, expressed today his satisfaction with the Council of Europe (CoE) report on the OSCE-run municipal elections last November...

OSCE/ODIHR concerned about security of witness in high-profile trafficking case in Montenegro

Publishing date: 13 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
WARSAW, 13 December 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today expressed its concern about the security of the main witness in a high-profile anti-trafficking case in Montenegro...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office urges Serbian political leaders to remedy election failures

Publishing date: 10 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Elections
LISBON, 10 December 2002- While recognizing the orderly manner in which the repeat presidential election in the Republic of Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, was conducted, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Antonio Martins da Cruz...

OSCE missions recall International Human Rights Day

Publishing date: 10 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
TIRANA, 10 December 2002- The OSCE Presence in Albania congratulates all Albanian citizens, state and political leaders, non-governmental organizations and other individuals and institutions who have been dedicated to promoting...

OSCE Mission appoints Monitor of Kosovo Assembly

Publishing date: 2 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization
PRISTINA, 2 December 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has appointed a monitor who will be in charge of verifying the compliance of the work of the Kosovo Assembly with the provisions of the Constitutional Framework...

New UN Human Rights Commissioner calls for expansion of co-operation with OSCE

Publishing date: 21 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 21 November 2002- Speaking for the first time at a meeting of the OSCE's 55-nation Permanent Council, the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, called for expanded co-operation between his office and...