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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned about hunger strike in Belarus
Publishing date: 20 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
SOFIA, 20 June 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, expressed concern on Sunday about the health of three members of the Belarusian Parliament who have been on hunger strike since...
OSCE Mission applauds Croatia's EU candidate status
Publishing date: 18 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization
ZAGREB, 18 June 2004- "The granting of EU candidate status to Croatia, as well as a date for the start of accession talks, is recognition of the great progress Croatia has made," said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Peter Semneby, today. In a..
Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro calls for dialogue, decentralisation in Kosovo
Publishing date: 18 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 18 June 2004- The Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro, Vuk Draskovic, called for dialogue and decentralisation in Kosovo in an address to the OSCE Permanent Council on Friday. He also urged the international community to ensure that the...
OSCE parliamentarians call for restarting dialogue in Moldova
Publishing date: 17 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 17 June 2004- Kimmo Kiljunen, who heads a team of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly parliamentarians visiting Moldova, today urged parliamentarians from Chisinau and Tiraspol to restart a dialogue on the Transdniestrian settlement...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo begins 'by-mail' Operation for out-of-Kosovo voters
Publishing date: 17 June 2004
PRISTINA, 17 June 2004- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has begun a major effort today to update the Voters List for the upcoming Assembly election by mailing ballot applications to all previously registered voters residing outside of Kosovo and inviting...
OSCE Mission and U.S. Embassy in Skopje hold workshop on countering human trafficking
Publishing date: 17 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 17 June 2004- In an effort to enhance domestic capacity to investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases, the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the U.S. Embassy in Skopje today launched a three-day training workshop in Ohrid...
Registration of a Kosovo Albanian party open for review, OSCE Mission says
Publishing date: 17 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 17 June 2004- The Democratic Alternative of Kosovo (ADK) has today completed registration requirements with the Political Party Registration Office of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. A final decision...