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OSCE Prague economic forum calls for closer co-operation with partners on migration issues
Publishing date: 27 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Migration, National minority issues
PRAGUE, 27 May 2005- Participants in the OSCE's 13th Economic Forum on Friday urged the Organization to develop stronger co-operation with partner organizations in addressing issues related to demographic trends, migration and the integration...
OSCE Mission to Croatia condemns Vukovar bomb attacks
Publishing date: 23 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
ZAGREB, 23 May 2005- The spokesperson of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Antonella Cerasino, today condemned a series of bomb attacks that occurred over the weekend in the Vukovar area...
Statement by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dr. Dimitrij Rupel on the situation in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 20 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
LJUBLJANA, 20 May 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Dimitrij Rupel, calls on Uzbekistan as a participating State of the OSCE and a member of other international organizations to allow an independent...
OSCE Centre in Tashkent calls for international involvement in investigating the Andijan events
Publishing date: 20 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, 20 May 2005- The Head of the OSCE Centre in Tashkent, Ambassador Miroslav Jenca, has appealed to the Uzbek Government to allow international involvement in the investigation of the Andijan events last week. Speaking to human rights...
OSCE Mission launches training course on minority issues for Serbian officials
Publishing date: 19 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: National minority issues
BELGRADE, 19 May 2005- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today began a training course for Serbian government officials on integrating the aspirations and concerns of various minorities in Serbia in government policies on...
Kosovo Forum to improve democracy, OSCE Mission Head says
Publishing date: 13 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 13 May 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Werner Wnendt, today called on the local political leadership to fully utilise the Kosovo Forum which will allow for constructive dialogue on a range of key issues. "Discussion of all...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities calls for increased attention to inter-ethnic relations in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 April 2005
Content type: Press release
What we do: National minority issues
BISHKEK/THE HAGUE, 19 April 2005- Visiting Kyrgyzstan on 18 and 19 April 2005, Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, called on the current leadership of the country to take steps to strengthen social integration...