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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
UN visit to OSCE Permanent Council: Kosovo elections expected in 2001
Publishing date: 1 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
VIENNA, 1 March 2001-- In his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, the new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, Hans Haekkerup, stated his intentions to hold Kosovo-wide election this year...
Workshop on property issues held in Kosovo
Publishing date: 1 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 28 February 2001-- A workshop aimed at untangling some of the administrative problems facing property issues in Kosovo was held by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe recently...
OSCE assistance to prisons in Belarus
Publishing date: 22 February 2001
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
MINSK, 22 February 2001-- A programme aimed at improving conditions in the Belarusian penitentiary system is being implemented by the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring in Belarus...
OSCE and Council of Europe exchange letters of co-operation on FRY
Publishing date: 16 February 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, OSCE Mission to Serbia
VIENNA, 16 February 2001- The Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Jan Kubis, and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE), Walter Schwimmer, yesterday exchanged letters...
Three councilors removed from office in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 16 February 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Elections
SARAJEVO, 16 February 2001-- At its 291st meeting on February 9, 2001, the Provisional Election Commission (PEC) removed the mandates of the following councilors for violations of Article 7...
OSCE criticizes HDZ decision not to co-operate in election implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 15 February 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
SARAJEVO, 15 February 2001-- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina criticizes the decision of the HDZ-BiH not to cooperate in the implementation of election results...
"Censorship by killing" must end
Publishing date: 14 February 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 14 February 2001-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has issued a call for OSCE participating States put an end to "censorship by killing,"...