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Chairman-in-Office issues statement on "so-called" presidential elections and referendum in Abkhazia, Georgia
Publishing date: 6 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Elections
OSLO, 6 October 1999-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek of Norway, states the...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office visits Kosovo
Publishing date: 5 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 5 October 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek of Norway, will visit Kosovo on 6 and 7 October. The Chairman-in-Office will discuss the rebuilding of...
OSCE and Council of Europe meet to discuss co-operation
Publishing date: 4 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 4 October 1999-- Representatives of the OSCE and the Council of Europe met today in Vienna to discuss co-operation between the two organizations. The meeting focused on...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office visits Central Asia
Publishing date: 27 September 1999
OSLO, 27 September 1999-- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek of Norway, will be visiting the Central Asian OSCE member states, Turkmenistan,...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes release of prisoners-of-war by Armenia
Publishing date: 17 September 1999
VIENNA, 17 September 1999-- The President of Armenia Robert Kocharian yesterday made a decision to unconditionally release three prisoners-of-war to...
Regional arms negotiations resume in Vienna today
Publishing date: 6 September 1999
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 6 September 1999-- Negotiations under Article V of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dayton/Paris Accords) resumed in Vienna today....
Statement by the Chairman-in-Office on the situation in Dagestan
Publishing date: 13 August 1999
OSLO, 13 August 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek of Norway, expresses his deep concern about the latest developments on...