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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls on all communities in Kosovo to go and vote
Publishing date: 24 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, National minority issues
LISBON, 24 October 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has sent a strong message to all Kosovo voters to go out and cast their votes for the municipal elections on 26 October...
US support for OSCE policing drive will help fight terrorism and organized crime
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
WASHINGTON D.C., 23 October 2002- More effective policing in the volatile Central Asia region adjoining Afghanistan is among measures that will help the United States and its allies in the region to combat terrorism and crime...
Open letter from OSCE Head of Mission to all voters in Kosovo
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
PRISTINA, 23 October 2002- Dear Voter, This Saturday, 26 October, you-- and all the other voters-- will have the right to go to the polls and cast your vote. Never before have so many different political entities run in a Kosovo...
OSCE Moldova Mission reports Gagauzia voting "calm" but serious concerns remain
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Democratization, Elections, National minority issues
CHISINAU, 23 October 2002- The OSCE Mission to Moldova considers that the repeated elections for the Bashkan (Governor) of Gagauzia, on 20 October, were generally held in a calm atmosphere, but noted a number of procedural irregularities and...
Twenty candidates removed from Kosovo electoral lists
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
PRISTINA, 23 October 2002- Twenty candidates have been removed from the electoral lists of 26 October municipal elections because their political entities violated the electoral Code of Conduct. The Election Complaints and...
Final voters' list for Kosovo elections certified by SRSG
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 23 October 2002- The United Nations' Special Representative (SRSG), Michael Steiner, has officially certified the voters list that will be used for the 26 October Municipal Elections in Kosovo. The Final Voters' List (FVL)...
International agencies congratulate Bosnia and Herzegovina municipalities for solving property claims
Publishing date: 22 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 22 October 2002- The agencies involved in property law implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have applauded the housing authorities in Lopare, Sekovici, Kresevo and Srbac for having solved all property...