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Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut appointed OSCE Secretary General
Publishing date: 10 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Summits / Ministerial Councils, Permanent Council, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 10 June 2005- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on Friday appointed Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, a senior French diplomat, as OSCE Secretary General for a three-year term. The appointment takes effect from...
International commitments promoting tolerance must be implemented say four international institutions
Publishing date: 9 June 2005
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
CORDOBA, 9 June 2005- Four international institutions promoting tolerance and non-discrimination today said that implementation of commitments in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and intolerance...
OSCE Mission welcomes adoption of pro-European Declaration by Montenegrin Parliament
Publishing date: 9 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BELGRADE, 9 June 2005-- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, welcomed the adoption by the Montenegrin Parliament today of a Declaration on Accession to the European Union...
OSCE hosts three-country conference on judicial co-operation in war crimes proceedings
Publishing date: 8 June 2005
VELIKI BRIJUNI, 8 June 2005- The OSCE on Wednesday hosted a conference of justice ministers from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro on inter-state judicial co-operation in war crimes proceedings. Ministers identified...
OSCE Chairman, Spanish Foreign Minister say States need to act on commitments to fight intolerance and discrimination
Publishing date: 8 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
CORDOBA, 8 June 2005- A two-day OSCE conference on combating anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance opened on Wednesday with appeals by Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos and OSCE Chairman Dimitrij Rupel for concrete action to...
Local government reform important for democracy and economic development in Kosovo, conference hears
Publishing date: 8 June 2005
PRISTINA, 8 June 2005- Local government reform is a necessity for the democratic processes in Kosovo and can contribute to economic development, regardless of Kosovo's future status, was the conclusion of a two-day conference which ended in Pristina...
OSCE media watchdog says new Italian legislation insufficient to curb media concentration
Publishing date: 7 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Digital switchover, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 7 June 2005- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media said on Tuesday that new Italian media legislation introduced in 2004 had not significantly altered the unusually high concentration of ownership in the country's television industry...