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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned with unstable situation in Chechnya
Publishing date: 8 January 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek, issued the following statement from Warsaw today: The OSCE Chairman-in-Office is...
Personal Representative condemns violence in Kosovo
Publishing date: 31 December 1997
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office
What we do: Human rights
THE HAGUE, 31 December 1997--The brutal way in which the police dispersed a peaceful student demonstration in Kosovo yesterday gives rise to deep concern.
Arms reduction period ends for former warring Yugoslav republics
Publishing date: 21 November 1997
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 21 November 1997-- The Parties to the Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control have significantly reduced the level of their arms holdings...
OSCE Ministerial Troika meets in Warsaw
Publishing date: 31 October 1997
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Troika
WARSAW, 31 October 1997-- The Ministers of the Troika of the OSCE, the Foreign Ministers of Poland, Switzerland and Denmark met today in Warsaw. The Ministers discussed prospects for the Copenhagen...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office to appoint Gonzalez as Personal Representative for Serbia
Publishing date: 19 September 1997
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization
COPENHAGEN, 19 September 1997-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE has today informed the authorities in Belgrade that he intends to appoint Mr. Felipe Gonzalez as his Personal Representative for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for a period not exceed
OSCE decides to establish an Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus
Publishing date: 18 September 1997
VIENNA, 18 September 1997--The OSCE Permanent Council decided to establish an OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus. According to its mandate, the Advisory and Monitoring Group will assist the Belarusian authorities in promoting democratic instit
OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Permanent Council issue joint declaration on elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 11 September 1997
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 11 September 1997-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Danish Foreign Minister Niels Helveg Petersen, and the...