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New director named for OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publishing date: 26 March 1997
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
VIENNA, 26 March 1997-- Mr. Gérard Stoudmann of Switzerland has been appointed as Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office issues statement on Albania
Publishing date: 10 March 1997
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania, Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office
What we do: Democratization
COPENHAGEN, 10 March 1997-- The Chairman-in-Office welcomes the initiative by President Berisha to propose a national coalition government and the holding of general elections in Albania..
Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office to travel to Albania
Publishing date: 5 March 1997
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania, Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office
What we do: Democratization, Elections
VIENNA, 5 March 1997-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office asked the Personal Representative to leave for Albania at the "earliest possible hour."
OSCE Chairman-in-Office issues statement on crisis in Albania
Publishing date: 12 February 1997
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization
COPENHAGEN, 12 February 1997-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE wishes to express his deep concern about developments in Albania. The potential for a serious crisis is at hand. The Chairman-in-Office calls upon all sides involved to refrain from the us
OSCE Chairman-in-Office meets with the Foreign Minister of Belarus
Publishing date: 7 February 1997
COPENHAGEN, 7 February 1997-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Danish Foreign Minister Niels Helveg Petersen met today in Copenhagen with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Mr. Ivan Antonovich....
OSCE Troika issues statement on Belarus
Publishing date: 3 December 1996
LISBON, 3 December 1996-- The OSCE Troika reaffirmed the widely shared conviction that the referendum of November 24 in Belarus was conducted in contradiction with the constitutional procedures... and cannot be considered as legitimate
OSCE Secretary General travels to Minsk
Publishing date: 27 November 1996
VIENNA, 27 November 1996-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Swiss Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti, has decided to send the Secretary General of the OSCE, Ambassador Giancarlo Aragona, to Minsk,...