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OSCE High Commissioner praises adoption of "minority law" in Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 28 February 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
THE HAGUE, 28 February- OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Rolf Ekeus today praised the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for adopting the Law on the Protection of National Minorities. In a letter to the Minister of...
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Covic praises OSCE work in his country
Publishing date: 7 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Serbia
VIENNA, 7 February 2002- Addressing the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister, Nebojsa Covic, has praised the Organization's work in his country. "Quite certainly, we would not have achieved the results we have...
OSCE encourages women to participate in multi-ethnic police training in Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 21 September 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Policing
BELGRADE, 21 September 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia welcomes the beginning of a campaign to include women in the training program for multi-ethnic police, which the OSCE and the Serb Ministry of Interior...
OSCE Mission to monitor investigation into 1999 bombing of Serb state media station
Publishing date: 10 August 2001
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 10 August 2001 (OSCE)-- Representatives of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia met with relatives of two victims of the 1999 Radio Televizija Srbije (RTS) bombing in Aberdareva Street...
OSCE holds workshop on Ombudsman institution in Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 12 July 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 12 July 2001 (OSCE)-- In co-operation with the Yugoslav Federal Ministry of Justice and the Office of the Greek Ombudsman, the OSCE Mission in Belgrade held a workshop on the Model of an Ombudsman Institution for the Federal Republic...
Chairman-in-Office welcomes transfer of Milosevic to The Hague
Publishing date: 29 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
BUCHAREST, 29 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, welcomes the transfer of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia...
OSCE raises flag to open new office in Belgrade
Publishing date: 16 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 16 March 2001-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, today officially opened the Belgrade office of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...