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Chairman-in-Office continues OSCE mediation efforts on Moldova
Publishing date: 24 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
NEW YORK, 24 September 2003- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, agreed with Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin on the urgency of reaching a political solution for the Moldovan/Transdniestrian...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office addresses U.S. Congressional Commission
Publishing date: 4 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
WASHINGTON, 4 September 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, discussed terrorism, human rights and regional security issues in the OSCE area in an address to members of the United States Congress...
OSCE Representative describes shooting incident on Armenia, Azerbaijan border
Publishing date: 22 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 22 August 2003- Following an incident on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan on 19 August, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office issued the following statement on Friday: On 19 August 2003, a monitoring of...
OSCE CiO says Moldova peacekeeping still in exploratory phase
Publishing date: 17 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
THE HAGUE, 17 July 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has labelled as "premature" recent reports in the media about the character and composition of a possible future peace consolidation mission
OSCE Security Conference considers fresh options
Publishing date: 27 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 26 June 2003- The OSCE's first-ever Annual Security Review Conference closed yesterday with its main aim successfully met- that of identifying a range of practical options for the Organization to address the new threats and challenges to...
OSCE inaugurates Annual Security Review Conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 25 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 25 June 2003- Opening the OSCE's first-ever Annual Security Review Conference, Ambassador Daan Everts, Head of the OSCE Task Force of the Netherlands Chairmanship, called for the meeting to produce practical tasks and recommendations...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses distress about violence in Chechnya
Publishing date: 15 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
THE HAGUE, 15 May 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has written to the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Igor Ivanov, to convey his distress about the recent acts of violence in the Russian...