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OSCE/ODIHR deploys election observers to Kyrgyz Republic
Publishing date: 18 January 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/BISHKEK, 18 January 2005- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has deployed an Election Observation Mission for the 27 February parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan. These will be the first parliamentary elections...
OSCE Chairman participates in Ministerial Troika meeting
Publishing date: 14 January 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 14 January 2005- On the second day of his visit to Vienna, Dr Dimitrij Rupel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, chaired a meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Troika. Participants...
OSCE Mission assists domestic election monitoring in Croatia
Publishing date: 13 January 2005
ZAGREB, 13 January 2005- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has donated approximately 21,000 euros to assist GONG, Croatia's leading election monitoring non-governmental organization, to observe this Sunday's second round of voting in Croatia's presidential...
OSCE Mission welcomes investigation of fatal shooting in southern Serbia
Publishing date: 13 January 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Border management, National minority issues, Policing
BELGRADE, 13 January 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, has welcomed the decision of the Serbian Government to establish a multi-ethnic commission to investigate the death of an ethnic Albanian...
OSCE Chairman calls for revitalisation, reform and rebalancing of Organization
Publishing date: 13 January 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 13 January 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, called for the "revitalisation, reform and rebalancing" of the 55-nation security Organization on Thursday...
OSCE Skopje mission promotes gender equality at local level
Publishing date: 12 January 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
SKOPJE, 13 January 2005- Promoting gender equality at local administration level was the focus of a forum that ended yesterday evening in Skopje. Organized by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the Union of Women's Organizations of...
OSCE Chairman urges all people of Kosovo to play active role in public life
Publishing date: 11 January 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 11 January 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, urged all the people of Kosovo on Tuesday to play an active part in the political process to help build a stable, multi-ethnic society...