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OSCE media freedom representative delivers report on cartoon controversy
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 17 February 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media yesterday delivered a report to the OSCE Permanent Council on the current media freedom issues in the OSCE region, including an analysis of the recent cartoon controversy...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls on Serbian authorities to negotiate "compromise solution" for Kosovo
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 17 February 2006- At the end of a three-day visit to Podgorica, Pristina and Belgrade, the OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht, urged the Serbian authorities to negotiate a compromise solution for the future status of Kosovo. "I encourage you...
OSCE Chairman expresses consternation at Ukraine's decision to return Uzbek asylum seekers
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights
BRUSSELS, 17 February 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht has expressed his consternation at the decision taken by the Ukrainian authorities to extradite 11 Uzbek asylum seekers back to Uzbekistan. "This forcible repatriation...
OSCE unites on steps to ensure press freedom and respect for religious and other beliefs
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 17 February 2006- An informal OSCE meeting, called by the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, yesterday discussed the valuable contribution the Organization might make in response to the controversy over the recent...
OSCE Chairman urges Kosovo leaders to begin decentralization process, continue standards implementation
Publishing date: 16 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization
PRISTINA/MITROVICA, 16 February 2006- During a one-day visit to Kosovo today, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, told political leaders in Pristina the implementation of standards and the start of a decentralization...
OSCE Chairman Karel De Gucht calls for measured response to Georgian Parliament resolution
Publishing date: 16 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
PRISTINA, 16 January 2006- Commenting on yesterday's resolution of the Georgian Parliament on peacekeeping operations in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has called for...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports further election legislation improvement
Publishing date: 16 February 2006
SKOPJE, 16 February 2006- A report recommending improvements in election legislation compiled by the OSCE-supported NGO Coalition "All for Fair Trials" was presented recently to authorities in Skopje...