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OSCE Mission concerned about low voter turnout at minority elections in Croatia

Publishing date: 19 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 19 May, 2003- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has expressed concern today about the low turnout at elections for minority councils held in Croatia on Sunday and urged the Government to organize elections in areas where they were not held...

OSCE Mission calls for an end to local political gridlock in Kosovo

Publishing date: 19 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 19 May 2003- In a report on the boycott within the municipal level of government in Kosovo, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) has told the people of the province they have a right to expect many of their local leaders to do a far better job...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses distress about violence in Chechnya

Publishing date: 15 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 15 May 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has written to the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Igor Ivanov, to convey his distress about the recent acts of violence in the Russian...

Serbian Deputy PM welcomes support from OSCE Permanent Council

Publishing date: 15 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Policing
VIENNA, 15 May 2003- Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Nebojsa Covic, made an impassioned plea at the Permanent Council on Thursday for recognition by the international community that his country had undergone a thorough transformation since the days...

More efforts needed by OSCE states to increase participation of women in public and economic life

Publishing date: 13 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 13 May 2003- Participants of an international conference in Warsaw called on the OSCE and its participating States to reinforce efforts to ensure equal participation of women in public and economic life. The three-day meeting, which...

OSCE Mission welcomes agreement in southern Serbia municipality on composition of managing boards

Publishing date: 13 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Policing
BELGRADE, 13 May 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today welcomed a hard-won agreement which outlines the allocation of directorships and the composition of managing boards in the multi-ethnic southern Serbia municipality of...

OSCE mission to organize peace and stability marathon between Skopje and Tetovo

Publishing date: 13 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 13 May 2003- The annual "Blossom Run", a team relay race covering 42.2 kilometres from Tetovo to Skopje, will be held for the seventh time on Sunday, 18 May. Organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, the competition...