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OSCE PA President Bruce George addresses Permanent Council
Publishing date: 5 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
COPENHAGEN, 5 September 2002- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) President Bruce George, MP (United Kingdom) delivered his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council this morning...
International community welcomes peaceful end to Macedonian kidnapping
Publishing date: 2 September 2002
SKOPJE, 31 August 2002- The following is a Joint Statement by the European Union Special Representative Alain Le Roy, Ambassador Ioannis Economou, US Ambassador Lawrence Butler, Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje Craig Jenness and NATO...
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
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
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
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...
First anniversary of Ohrid Agreement reflects year of progress in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 14 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
VIENNA, 13 August, 2002- The OSCE Chairmanship notes the first anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, which put an end to the conflict in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Its subsequent implementation...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses serious concern at increased tension between Georgia and Russian Federation
Publishing date: 2 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
VIENNA, 2 August 2002- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has expressed his serious concern over the current escalation of tension...