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OSCE Newsletter now online: Netherlands Chair to focus on human security

Publishing date: 16 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating human trafficking, Economic activities, Human rights, Border management, Elections, Environmental activities, Conflict prevention and resolution, Democratization, Media freedom and development, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Policing, Roma and Sinti, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 16 January 2003- An interview with the new Chairman-in-Office, Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, is the lead item in the latest issue of the OSCE Newsletter, now available online. The Newsletter also focuses on...

The Netherlands takes over OSCE Chairmanship

Publishing date: 7 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika, Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Combating human trafficking, Human rights, Border management, Elections, Conflict prevention and resolution, Democratization, Media freedom and development, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Policing, Roma and Sinti, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA/THE HAGUE, 7 January 2003- The Netherlands will make the fight against trafficking in human beings, weapons and drugs a key focus of its Chairmanship of the OSCE, which began on 1 January. "The Netherlands has decided to focus attention...

Annual OSCE human rights conference opens on Monday

Publishing date: 5 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating human trafficking, Human rights, Elections, Democratization, Media freedom and development, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 5 September 2002- The annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting will kick off on Monday, 9 September, in Warsaw with a speech by the former President of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari. More than 500 participants are expected at...

OSCE conference on equal opportunities for Roma and Sinti

Publishing date: 7 September 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Roma and Sinti
BUCHAREST, 6 September 2001 (OSCE)- Recognising the importance of the Roma and Sinti community, the Romanian Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Mircea Geoana, invited 300 delegates from all 55 OSCE participating States to share their experiences...

Combatting intolerance an OSCE priority

Publishing date: 21 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Democratization, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
BUCHAREST, 21 March 2001- The combat against intolerance and discrimination will be one of the OSCE\'s top priorities in 2001...

Chairman-in-Office delivers first address to OSCE Permanent Council

Publishing date: 11 January 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Combating human trafficking, Human rights, Border management, Elections, Conflict prevention and resolution, Democratization, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Roma and Sinti, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 11 January 2001-- OSCE participating States must make a greater collective effort to respect individual human rights, to encourage access to prosperity, social justice and equal opportunity...

OSCE human rights conference closes

Publishing date: 27 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating human trafficking, Human rights, Democratization, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
WARASAW, 27 October 2000-- Government representatives from OSCE participating States today reaffirmed their commitment to implement human rights standards...