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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports first Roma roundtable in Albania
Publishing date: 10 January 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Roma and Sinti
TIRANA, 10 January 2003- In the first roundtable held in Albania on Roma issues, local and international organizations sat down together with representatives of the Albanian government to discuss policy-making on Roma in the country...
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 trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
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...
OSCE Chairman regrets end of OSCE mandate in Chechnya
Publishing date: 3 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
THE HAGUE, 3 January 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, today expressed regret that agreement could not be reached on extending the mandate of the OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya...
OSCE concerned over arrest of NGO activist in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 31 December 2002
ASHGABAD, 31 December 2002- The OSCE Centre in Ashgabad is concerned about the fate of Mr. Farid Tuhbatullin, a member of a registered environmental group, who was detained by the authorities on 23 December and has been charged...
OSCE and Belarus agree on new OSCE Office in Minsk
Publishing date: 30 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 30 December 2002- The Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe agreed on Monday to create a new OSCE Office in Minsk from January 1, 2003, replacing the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring...
Property issues and school reform top priorities of OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2003
Publishing date: 30 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 30 December 2002- Property issues and improvements of the school system will be among the top priorities of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2003, Ambassador Robert Beecroft, Head of the...
Head of OSCE Kosovo Mission calls for progress in democracy-building in 2003
Publishing date: 30 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
PRISTINA, 30 December 2002- Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, today called on the province's political leaders to show courage and participate fully in the democratization and reconciliation process...