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OSCE Chairman-in-Office encourages Kazakhstan to move ahead on further political reforms
Publishing date: 27 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ASTANA, 27 March 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has described Kazakhstan's bid for the Chairmanship of the Organization in 2009 as a challenge and an opportunity for the OSCE and for Kazakhstan. Without...
OSCE, UNHCR and EC reiterate support for implementation of Sarajevo Declaration on refugees
Publishing date: 27 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 27 March 2006- Heads of the EC Delegations, UNHCR and OSCE Missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro met in Belgrade today to discuss the implementation of the Sarajevo Ministerial Declaration on Refugee Return....
Georgian Prime Minister welcomes OSCE involvement in seeking solutions to frozen conflicts
Publishing date: 27 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 27 March- Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli lauded the OSCE's involvement in initiatives aimed at achieving lasting solutions to the frozen conflicts on its territory, in a speech delivered today at a special meeting of the Organization...
International observers of Ukraine parliamentary elections to hold press conference Monday in Kyiv
Publishing date: 26 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 25 March 2006- The International Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the Ukrainian parliamentary elections on 26 March, will announce its preliminary findings and conclusions at a press conference at 13:30 on Monday, 27 March at...
OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht condemns police crackdown on peaceful demonstrators in Minsk
Publishing date: 24 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Elections
BRUSSELS, 24 March 2006- OSCE Chairman in Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed today his deep disappointment and regret over the overnight crackdown by the Belarusian authorities against the peaceful demonstration...
OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht concerned over continuous detentions amid post-election developments in Belarus
Publishing date: 23 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
BRUSSELS, 23 March 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has expressed his deep concern at the continuing arrests, detentions and arbitrary court trials of political and civil society activists after the 19 March...
OSCE Centre in Tashkent supports budget transparency training for community representatives
Publishing date: 23 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Education
TASHKENT, 23 March 2006- About 50 representatives from Uzbekistan's self-governing communities known as mahallas began a three-day course today to learn about budgeting, accounting and financial reporting. The course, supported by the OSCE Centre...