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OSCE Chairman-in-Office appoints former Finnish President Ahtisaari as personal envoy for Central Asia
Publishing date: 13 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
THE HAGUE, 13 March 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has appointed the former President of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, as his personal envoy for the Central Asian region. This region consists...
OSCE roundtable in Tajikistan focused on young people's access to information
Publishing date: 13 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
GARM, TAJIKISTAN, 13 March 2003- Problems of young people relating to access to information and to the media were the main theme of a two-day OSCE roundtable organized in the Rasht Valley, eastern Tajikistan. This first roundtable on access...
OSCE PA President Bruce George appalled by assassination of Serbian Prime Minister
Publishing date: 13 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
COPENHAGEN, 13 March 2003- Bruce George, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, was appalled and outraged to learn of the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic yesterday...
Bussing children to mono-ethnic schools in BiH must stop, OSCE Mission says
Publishing date: 13 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 13 March 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has called for an end to the practice of bussing children to mono-ethnic schools, on the grounds that it hampers sustainable return and creates a financial...
OSCE Permanent Council honours slain Serbian Prime Minister
Publishing date: 13 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 13 March 2003- The OSCE Permanent Council held a minute's silence on Thursday in honour of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, who was assassinated in Belgrade on Wednesday...
OSCE-UN call for action to combat small arms trafficking
Publishing date: 12 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships
BRDO, SLOVENIA, 12 March 2003- Measures taken to combat small arms trafficking in south-eastern Europe were subjected to the scrutiny of government and NGO experts at a two-day meeting held in Brdo. The meeting wrapped up today with...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office shocked by assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Djindjic
Publishing date: 12 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
THE HAGUE, 12 March 2003- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has learned with shock and great sadness of the assassination today of the Serbian Prime Minister, Zoran Djindjic. According to...