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OSCE Chairmanship names Head of OSCE Office in Minsk

Publishing date: 30 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 30 January 2003- The Dutch Chairmanship of the OSCE today announced the appointment of Ambassador Eberhard Heyken of Germany as Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk. Ambassador Heyken, an experienced diplomat whose most recent appointments...

OSCE Mission welcomes adoption of constitution in Serbian and Montenegrin parliaments

Publishing date: 30 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization
BELGRADE, 29 January 2003-- Ambassador Maurizio Massari, Head of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), today welcomed the adoption of the Constitutional Charter in the Serbian and Montenegrin parliaments...

OSCE meeting supports parliamentary initiatives in SE Europe

Publishing date: 28 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TIRANA, 28 January 2003- A two-day meeting of parliamentary experts from OSCE institutions and south-east European missions has just ended in agreement to boost support for projects aimed at tackling regional issues such as organized crime...

OSCE's human rights office expresses concern over early date set for Kyrgyz constitutional referendum

Publishing date: 24 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 24 January 2003- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is concerned that the constitutional referendum in Kyrgyzstan, scheduled to take place on 2 February, may be premature...

OSCE Mission offers to help develop new constitution for Serbia

Publishing date: 22 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization
BELGRADE, 22 January 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, today met the Acting Serbian President, Natasa Micic, to discuss how the OSCE could best support the drafting of a new Serbian...

OSCE supports "Social Partnership" club to promote stability in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 22 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, National minority issues
DUSHANBE, 22 January 2003- National minorities policy was the main topic at the first roundtable of the newly established "Social Partnership" discussion club, held in the Tajik capital Dushanbe yesterday. "This unique forum for discussion is...

Damage compensation laws should be consistent with European Court ruling, OSCE Croatia Head says

Publishing date: 21 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 21 January 2003- Three draft laws on state compensation for damages adopted by the Government of Croatia last week do not remedy legal problems identified by the European Court of Human Rights in 2002 and should therefore be revised, the...