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OSCE press statement on protests in Croatia
Publishing date: 12 May 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization
ZAGREB, 12 May 1999- Recent articles published in two Croatian national newspapers stated that OSCE officials have expressed support for the latest protests in the village of Berak, in the Danube...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities addresses Permanent Council
Publishing date: 12 May 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights
THE HAGUE, 12 May 1999-- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Max van der Stoel, reported to the Permanent Council today on his visit to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on May 9-11....
Chairman-in-Office declaration on the 50th Anniversary of the Council of Europe
Publishing date: 10 May 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
OSLO, 10 May 1999- As Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, I wish to pay tribute on behalf of the OSCE to the Council of Europe...
OSCE Ministerial Troika ready for responsibilities in political settlement in Kosovo
Publishing date: 28 April 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Troika, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 28 April 1999- The OSCE Ministerial Troika expresses the readiness of the OSCE to serve as a coordinating framework and to take on substantial responsibility for the implementation of a political settlement in Kosovo...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office appoints special representative for elections in Armenia
Publishing date: 28 April 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
OSLO, 28 April 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Foreign Minister of Norway Knut Vollebaek, has designated Ms. Tone Tingsgaard as his Special Representative to lead the OSCE Short-Term Observation Mission to the Parliamentary Elections in Armeni
OSCE journalism prize awarded to Christiane Amanpour
Publishing date: 23 April 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Media freedom and development
COPENHAGEN, 23 April 1999- The Leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, meeting today in Copenhagen, has awarded the 1999 OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy to the international reporter, Christiane Amanpour.
OSCE supports UN Secretary General on Kosovo
Publishing date: 23 April 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 23 April 1999-- The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe expressed strong support for the recent statement made by the Secretary General of the United Nations on the crisis in Kos