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Water for Life: OSCE supervises irrigation canal restoration in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone

Publishing date: 12 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 12 September 2002- Repair work on a 30-kilometre irrigation canal system that runs through Georgian and Ossetian villages in the conflict zone has been successfully concluded. The canal has been handed over to Georgian and Ossetian...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns kidnapping in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 30 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
LISBON, 30 August 2002-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, today condemned the kidnapping of civilians in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and called for their...

International community urges release and peaceful end to Macedonian kidnapping

Publishing date: 30 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SKOPE, 30 August, 2002-- The following is a Joint Statement by the EU Special Representative Alain Le Roy, Ambassador Ioannis Economou, the US Ambassador Lawrence Butler, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Craig Jenness...

Chairman of OSCE Permanent Council condemns killing of Macedonian police officers as "cowardly act of violence"

Publishing date: 29 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 29 August 2002- The Chairman of the OSCE Permanent Council today condemned in the strongest terms the killing of two Macedonian police officers on 26 August in a drive-by shooting near the town of Gostivar. "We condemn in the strongest terms...

OSCE Mission condemns killing of two police reservists in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 26 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SKOPJE, 26 August 2002- Ambassador Craig Jenness, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, strongly condemned the killing of two police reservists Monday night in Gostivar. "We deeply regret this criminal act and express our sincere condolences...

OSCE Chairmanship deeply disturbed over Georgian bombing reports

Publishing date: 23 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Border management, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
LISBON, 23 August 2002- The OSCE's Chairmanship is deeply disturbed by reports that targets in Georgia were subjected to aerial bombardment today and regrets the loss of life...

Negotiations process on Transdniestrian settlement restarts in Chisinau

Publishing date: 23 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
CHISINAU, 23 August 2002- Negotiations aimed at making progress towards a Transdniestrian settlement have restarted in the Moldovan capital Chisinau. Yesterday's meeting at the OSCE Mission to Moldova was the first of the "Chisinau Round"...