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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
UN SRSG Jessen-Petersen sees continued important role for OSCE in Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 10 February 2005- Soren Jessen-Petersen, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Kosovo, said on Thursday that the OSCE would continue to play an important role in Kosovo as the United Nations presence is scaled down...
Georgian Foreign Minister calls for international conference on South Ossetia
Publishing date: 18 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 18 August 2004- Georgia's Foreign Minister, Salome Zourabichvili, called on Wednesday for an international conference on the Georgian-Ossetian conflict and said the OSCE should be fully involved in efforts to find a peaceful, lasting solution...
OSCE Permanent Council condemns action against schools in Moldova's Transdniestria region
Publishing date: 22 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Moldova
VIENNA, 22 July 2004- The OSCE Permanent Council today condemned as "irresponsible and provocative" actions by the authorities in Moldova's Transdniestria region to prevent schools which use Latin script from functioning properly. Ambassadors from 55...
OSCE Permanent Council Chairman meets Albanian opposition leaders
Publishing date: 26 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania, Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 26 March 2004- The Chairman of the OSCE Permanent Council, Ambassador Ivo Petrov of Bulgaria, and several OSCE ambassadors met Albanian opposition leaders in Vienna on 24 March. The ambassadors exchanged views on a number of current...
OSCE urged to support further European integration efforts of former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 5 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Skopje
VIENNA, 5 February 2004- In her speech to the OSCE's Permanent Council, the Foreign Affairs Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ilinka Mitreva, praised the work of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission in helping to transform...
OSCE has critical role to play in new security environment- NATO Secretary General
Publishing date: 6 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 6 November 2003- NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson described the OSCE on Thursday as the standard bearer for human rights and fundamental freedoms and said the Organization had a critical role to play in the new security environment...
Head of OSCE Kosovo Mission: mutual respect is key to success
Publishing date: 23 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 23 October 2003- Kosovo is gradually facing up to the challenge of self-government, but international help will still be necessary for some time yet, in order to ensure self-sustainable progress, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, Head of the OSCE...