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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Ministerial Troika holds meeting in Oslo
Publishing date: 24 June 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Troika, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
OSLO, 24 June 1999-- The OSCE Ministerial Troika, Foreign Ministers Knut Vollebæk of Norway, Bronislaw Geremek of Poland and Ambassador Jutta Stefan-Bastl representing the...
OSCE and UNHCHR appeal on UN day in support of victims of torture
Publishing date: 25 June 1999
OSLO, 25 June 1999-- Tomorrow, 26 June, is United Nations Day in Support of Victims of Torture. On this occasion, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Norwegian...
Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe placed under OSCE auspices
Publishing date: 1 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 1 July 1999-- The Permanent Council also decided today to place the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe under the auspices of the OSCE....
Journalism prize funds go to free press projects in Kosovo
Publishing date: 6 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Media freedom and development
ST. PETERSBURG, 6 July 1999- On 6 July 1999, the opening day of the Eighth Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in St. Petersburg...
Parliamentary Assembly deplores Yugoslavia's refusal to allow the OSCE Chairman-in-Office to visit Montenegro
Publishing date: 8 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ST. PETERSBURG, 8 July 1999- Helle Degn, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, currently meeting in St. Petersburg...
OSCE welcomes release of Azerbaijani journalist
Publishing date: 10 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 12 July 1999-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, welcomes reports that Azerbaijan's sole incarcerated journalist, Fuad Qahramanli, has been granted amnesty...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will send a 'Democracy Team' to Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
ST. PETERSBURG, 10 July 1999- The Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE will send a 'Democracy Team' to Kosovo to contribute to the rebuilding of civil society, protection of human rights, development of democracy and the rule of law...
Editor of opposition newspaper in Belarus threatened
Publishing date: 12 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 12 July 1999-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, is seriously concerned with reports that a senior editor for the Belaruskaya Delovaya Gazeta, a leading opposition newspaper, had...
New website for OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 19 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 19 July 1999-- The OSCE launched a new internet web site today, that includes up-to-date information on the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. The Mission is a component of the United Nations...
OSCE welcomes restoration of minority languages in Slovakia
Publishing date: 19 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 19 July 1999-- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Mr. Max van der Stoel, issued the following...