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OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned about arrests in Belarus
Publishing date: 1 April 1999
VIENNA, 1 April 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Norwegian Foreign Minister Knut Vollebæk, is deeply concerned about the 30 March 1999 arrest of Mr. Mikhail Chegir, a former Prime Minister of Belarus and one of the candidates for the presidenti
OSCE increases assistance to refugees from Kosovo
Publishing date: 1 April 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 1 April 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Norwegian Foreign Minister Knut Vollebæk, has decided to use personnel and equipment from the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM) to alleviate the situation for refugees who have fled from Kos
OSCE Chairman-in-Office outraged by crimes against population in Kosovo
Publishing date: 1 April 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
OSLO, 1 April 1999-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Knut Vollebæk, expresses his profound outrage that Yugoslavian and Serbian forces have in recent days blatantly perpetrated, and continue to perpetrate, crimes agains
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President condemns atrocities in Kosovo
Publishing date: 31 March 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 31 March 1999-- Mrs. Helle Degn, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, today...
Last appeal to President Milosevic by the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE
Publishing date: 24 March 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
OSLO, 24 March 1999-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Norwegian Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek, strongly urges Yugoslav...
Statement by the Head of the KVM, Ambassador William G. Walker
Publishing date: 19 March 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
PRISTINA, 19 March 1999-- Following the announcement by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Norway's Foreign Minister Knut Vollabaek, that the international staff of the OSCE...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office pulls OSCE personnel out of Kosovo
Publishing date: 19 March 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
OSLO, 19 March 1999-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Norwegian Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek, today made the decision to withdraw the OSCE mission (the Kosovo...