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Key to further social integration is dialogue, OSCE High Commissioner says after Estonia visit
Publishing date: 19 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
TALLINN, 19 March 2004- The key to further social integration in Estonia is dialogue, the OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, said after meetings with the country's Education Minister, Toivo Maimets...
OSCE Chairman welcomes agreement on Ajara situation in Georgia
Publishing date: 19 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SOFIA, 19 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Solomon Passy, welcomed an agreement reached yesterday between Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and the Head of the Ajara Autonomous Republic, Aslan Abashidze...
OSCE Chairman strongly condemns violence in Kosovo
Publishing date: 18 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
SOFIA, 18 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, condemned the outbreak of violence in Kosovo in which many people were killed or injured. "I strongly deplore yesterday's and today's violence," he said...
OSCE Chairman welcomes decision of Azerbaijani authorities to release prisoners
Publishing date: 18 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SOFIA, 18 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, returning to Sofia from a trip to the Caucasus, welcomed the decision of the Azerbaijani authorities to pardon 129 people and release them from prison...
OSCE Mission strongly condemns violence in Kosovo
Publishing date: 18 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 18 March 2004- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Pascal Fieschi, has expressed extreme dismay at the numerous acts of violence throughout Kosovo yesterday, which has left a number of people dead and scores of others wounded...
OSCE Chairman meets Armenian leaders, urges continuation of dialogue on Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 17 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
YEREVAN, 17 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, called upon the leaders of Armenia to continue dialogue on Nagorno-Karabakh without any preconditions...
OSCE poll highlights public concerns before start of community policing project in Armenia
Publishing date: 17 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Policing
YEREVAN, 17 March 2004- An opinion poll aimed at providing a snapshot of public opinion about the performance of police officers in Armenia was presented today, as part of the OSCE's Police Assistance Programme in the country...