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OSCE roundtable kicks off debate on minority participation in elections in Montenegro

Publishing date: 28 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Elections, National minority issues
PODGORICA, 28 March 2003- An OSCE roundtable today initiated a broad debate on how to ensure more effective participation of minorities in the electoral process in Montenegro. The roundtable was organized in Ulcinj by the OSCE Office...

OSCE Mission Head welcomes Serbian government's efforts to remove illegally held weapons

Publishing date: 28 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BELGRADE, 27 March 2003- Ambassador Maurizio Massari, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, today welcomed the decree of the Serbian authorities, aimed at removing illegally held weapons from society. This decree, which came...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office attends funeral of assassinated Serbian Prime Minister

Publishing date: 17 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization
THE HAGUE, 17 March 2003- The Netherlands's Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, in his capacity as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, attended the funeral of the Serbian Prime Minister, Zoran Djindjic, on Saturday...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office shocked by assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Djindjic

Publishing date: 12 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
THE HAGUE, 12 March 2003- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has learned with shock and great sadness of the assassination today of the Serbian Prime Minister, Zoran Djindjic. According to...

OSCE Mission expresses deepest condolences to Djindjic family, pledges support to government in fight against violence

Publishing date: 12 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 12 March 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro sends its deepest condolences to the family of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, who was assassinated today. The OSCE Mission remembers Mr. Djindjic for his commitment to the reform...

OSCE Mission condemns violence in southern Serbia

Publishing date: 24 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 24 February 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro strongly condemns the latest episode of violence in southern Serbia. On Sunday, 23 February, one member of the Gendarmerie was killed in an explosion of a bomb close to...

OSCE, UNHCR officials discuss refugee returns between BiH, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro

Publishing date: 21 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 21 February 2003- The OSCE and the UNHCR held a regional meeting at the senior level today to discuss problems related to refugee return to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro. Participants included heads of missions...