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Serbia's co-ordinator for Kosovo and southern Serbia to address OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday
Publishing date: 4 April 2005
VIENNA, 4 April 2005- Dr. Nebojsa Covic, Head of the Co-ordination Centre for Kosovo and Head of the Co-ordination Body for southern Serbia, will address the OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday, 7 April. He will speak about current developments in...
Bosnia and Herzegovina election commission fully nationalised
Publishing date: 3 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 3 April 2005- The High Representative Paddy Ashdown today issued a Decision withdrawing the three international members from the BiH Election Commission, effective from the end of June 2005. The international members...
OSCE Chairman Dimitrij Rupel pays tribute to Pope John Paul II
Publishing date: 3 April 2005
LJUBLJANA, 3 April 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, paid tribute to the late Pope John Paul II on Sunday, describing him as probably the most important European personality of the last quarter of the 20th...
OSCE Chairman calls on all sides to focus on ways to resolve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Publishing date: 2 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
BAKU, 2 April 2005- In talks today with Azerbaijani officials, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, continued to pursue ways of reaching a lasting solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, following similar meetings...
OSCE prepared to assist further with solving conflicts in Georgia
Publishing date: 1 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Border management, Human rights, Policing
TBILISI, 1 April 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel pledged the Organization's support to promote peaceful settlements of the Georgian-Ossetian and Georgian-Abkhaz conflicts, during talks in Tbilisi, Friday. "Peaceful resolution of...
OSCE Office organizes discussions on labour migration in Armenia
Publishing date: 1 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Economic activities
YEREVAN, 1 April 2005- The current situation of labour migration in Armenia was the focus of two meetings that took place this week in Yerevan. They brought together international experts and representatives of various Armenian governmental bodies...
Root causes of human trafficking not addressed, international organizations warn
Publishing date: 31 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
GENEVA, 31 March 2005- The root causes of human trafficking are not being adequately addressed in south-eastern Europe, says a new report launched in Geneva today. The report examines the efforts of governments, international and local NGOs to prevent...