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OSCE welcomes Russian appointment of human rights representative for Chechnya
Publishing date: 28 February 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 28 February 2000-- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Austria Benita Ferrero-Waldner, welcomes the...
OSCE Ministerial Troika holds meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 21 January 2000
Content type: Press statement
Vienna, 21 January 2000-- The OSCE Ministerial Troika, Foreign Ministers Wolfgang Schüssel of Austria, Petre Roman of Romania, and Knut Vollebæk of Norway, met today in Vienna...
Statement by OSCE Chairman-in-Office on the conflict in Chechnya
Publishing date: 29 December 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 29 December 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Foreign Minister of Norway Knut Vollebaek, urges the Russian Federation to do everything in its power to...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President concerned about Chechnya situation
Publishing date: 10 December 1999
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
COPENHAGEN, 10 December 1999-- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Mrs. Helle Degn, strongly appealed to the Russian leadership to...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns killings in Chechnya
Publishing date: 9 December 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 9 December 1998-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek strongly condemns the brutal killings of three nationals of the United Kingdom and one of New Zealand kidnapped in Chechnya....
OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned with unstable situation in Chechnya
Publishing date: 8 January 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek, issued the following statement from Warsaw today: The OSCE Chairman-in-Office is...
New head appointed for the OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya
Publishing date: 3 April 1997
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
COPENHAGEN, 3 April 1997--The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Danish Foreign Minister Niels Helveg Petersen regretfully accepted the resignation of Ambassador Tim Guldiman as head of the OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya.