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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Kosovo Political Party Forum to discuss Central Election Commission
Publishing date: 23 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 23 March 2001-- The leaders of Kosovo\'s political parties have been invited to take part in the first session this year of the Political Party Consultative Forum...
ODIHR welcomes Montenegro's readiness to consider further improvements to referendum law
Publishing date: 9 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 9 March 2001- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) welcomes Montenegro Parliament Speaker Svetozar Marovic's comments on 7 March that the recently adopted Referendum Law...
Kosovo Central Election Commission re-established
Publishing date: 9 March 2001
PRISTINA, 9 March 2001-- The body responsible for elections in Kosovo, the Central Election Commission (CEC), has been reconstituted...
OSCE denounces 10 March elections in Abkhazia, Georgia
Publishing date: 9 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Elections
BUCHAREST, 9 March 2001-- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has denounced the holding of local elections in Abkhazia, Georgia, on Saturday, 10 March 2001...
Three councillors removed from office in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 8 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
SARAJEVO, 8 March 2001- The mandates of three Municipal Assembly Councillors have been removed for violations of Article 7.16 of the Provisional Election Commission Rules and Regulations...
Parliamentary Troika issues statement on Belarus
Publishing date: 7 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Elections
MINSK, 7 March 2001-The Parliamentary Troika, composed of members of the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assemblies of the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
UN visit to OSCE Permanent Council: Kosovo elections expected in 2001
Publishing date: 1 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
VIENNA, 1 March 2001-- In his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, the new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, Hans Haekkerup, stated his intentions to hold Kosovo-wide election this year...