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Human rights record of OSCE States under review in Warsaw
Publishing date: 11 November 1997
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 11 November 1997-- The Foreign Minister of Poland, Bronislaw Geremek will open the biannual OSCE Implementation Meeting tomorrow in Warsaw. The three-week Meeting of...
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 Tajikistan
Publishing date: 11 February 1997
COPENHAGEN, 11 February 1997- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE is seriously concerned about the deterioration of the situation in Tajikistan, resulting from the taking of hostages by an armed group, and strongly condemns this act of terrorism.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns Chechnya killings
Publishing date: 17 December 1996
BERN, 17 December 1996-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE was horrified to learn of the atrocious crime which claimed the lives of six International Red Cross medical aid workers as they were sleeping early this morning in Novye Atagi (Chechen Republic
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities awarded Wateler Peace Prize
Publishing date: 30 October 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights
THE HAGUE, 30 October 1996-- The Carnegie Foundation today awarded the Wateler Peace Prize to Mr. Max van der Stoel, the OSCE High Commissioner on National...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls for political settlement in Krajina
Publishing date: 10 August 1995
BUDAPEST, 9 August 1995-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls upon Croatia to assure the rights of the Serb minority in the region of Croatia known as Krajina and to ensure an immediate end to the military actions....
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns Bosnian-Serb take-over in Srebrenica
Publishing date: 12 July 1995
BUDAPEST, 12 July 1995-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Hungarian Foreign Minister László Kovács, warns of a new humanitarian disaster in Bonsia-Herzegovina, and condemns the Bosnian-Serb movement in Srebrenica.