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OSCE Chairman's Personal Representative for Georgia advocates reopening dialogue between Georgia and South Ossetia
Publishing date: 13 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LJUBLJANA, 13 October 2005- "The Georgian and South Ossetian sides must take a step towards reopening the dialogue in order to calm down existing tensions and proceed with demilitarization", said Mircea Geoana, the Personal Representative for Georgia...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Project Co-ordinator launch children's human rights education pilot project in Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights
KYIV, 10 October 2005- Increasing children's awareness of human rights is the focus of a training course for Ukrainian teachers held in Kyiv. The project, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator, together with the Ukrainian...
OSCE Chairman underlines importance of reforms during visit to Skopje
Publishing date: 5 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 5 October 2005- During a day-long visit to Skopje, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel discussed the progress of democratic reforms in key areas relating to the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001, which ended...
Chairman-in-Office welcomes progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina but warns of need to tackle remaining obstacles
Publishing date: 27 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 27 September 2005- In the course of a day-long visit to Sarajevo, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, noted Bosnia and Herzegovina's progress in many areas, particularly defence reform, pointing out...
Heads of UN and OSCE stress significance of alliances among civilizations
Publishing date: 21 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
NEW YORK, 21 September 2005- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, ended his participation at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday with a meeting with its Secretary-General, Kofi Annan...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns shelling of civilian area in South Ossetia
Publishing date: 21 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LJUBLJANA, 21 September 2005- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, has condemned those who launched an artillery attack last night in a populated area of Tskhinvali, in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian...
OSCE Chairman pays tribute to late Simon Wiesenthal
Publishing date: 20 September 2005
LJUBLJANA, 20 September 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, paid tribute to the late Simon Wiesenthal today, calling him a champion of justice after having survived the horrors of World War II.
OSCE workshop in Ohrid promotes rights of the child
Publishing date: 19 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights
SKOPJE, 19 September 2005- Twenty-three teachers of different ethnic backgrounds took part in an OSCE workshop on children's human rights education in Ohrid over the last two days. The participating teachers will use their newly-obtained knowledge...
OSCE States hold high-level consultations on reform of the Organization
Publishing date: 13 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 13 September 2005- A two-day, high-level meeting of the OSCE participating States has been considering wide-ranging proposals for the reform of the 55-nation body. These consultations continued a process...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office offers expertise to partner states at Mediterranean Seminar
Publishing date: 8 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
RABAT, Morocco, 8 September 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, expressed strong support for the OSCE's activities with adjacent regions in his keynote address at the 11th OSCE Mediterranean Partners Seminar...