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Chairman-in-Office delivers first address to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 11 January 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 11 January 2001-- OSCE participating States must make a greater collective effort to respect individual human rights, to encourage access to prosperity, social justice and equal opportunity...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office issues statement on Turkmenistan amnesty decision
Publishing date: 10 January 2001
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BUCHAREST, 10 January 2001-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Dan Geoana, welcomes the Turkmen Government\'s decision to release Primukuli Tanrykuliev and Nurberdy Nurmamedov from prison...
Romania begins OSCE Chairmanship for 2001
Publishing date: 3 January 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 3 January 2001-- Romania has taken on its mandate to carry out the roles and responsibilities of the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe during 2001.
Statement by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the Serbian parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 24 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, December 24, 2000-- The Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner welcomed the peaceful and orderly conduct of the Serbian parliamentary elections of 23 December.
Statement by the OSCE Chairmanship on allegations against the OSCE office in Belarus
Publishing date: 15 December 2000
VIENNA, 15 December 2000-- The Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, Ambassador Jutta Stefan-Bastl, has made the following statement on behalf of the OSCE Chairmanship...
OSCE activities in Belarus are within its agreed mandate
Publishing date: 15 December 2000
MINSK, 15 December 2000-- The OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus (AMG) takes strong issue with recent public statements by the Chief of the Belarusian Committee of State Security...
Stability Pact countries sign "Anti-Trafficking Declaration"
Publishing date: 13 December 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
PALERMO, 13 December 2000-- An "Anti-Trafficking Declaration" was signed today by Government Ministers from the countries of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, recognizing the "pressing and growing importance" of the problem...