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Statement by OSCE/ODIHR Director Gérard Stoudmann
Publishing date: 21 March 2002
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 21 March 2002- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann, has made the following statement in order to correct misinterpretations of his remarks concerning...
Environmental information centre opens in Armenia
Publishing date: 21 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
YEREVAN, 21 March 2002- A memorandum of understanding on the establishment of a Public Environmental Information Centre in Armenia, the Armenian Arhus Centre, was signed by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection...
Armenian Foreign Minister praises OSCE's conflict prevention activities
Publishing date: 21 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
VIENNA, 21 March 2002- Speaking before the 55-nation OSCE Permanent Council, the Armenian Foreign Minister, Vartan Oskanian, today expressed his Government's appreciation for the work the OSCE has done in his country...
OSCE sends Kosovo journalists on working trip to Switzerland
Publishing date: 21 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 21 March 2002- A group of six radio journalists from Kosovo are undergoing a four-day fact-finding trip to Switzerland to visit the Parliament and meet Swiss counterparts from German and French-speaking broadcast media...
OSCE's human rights representative calls for urgent amendment of election laws in Latvia
Publishing date: 20 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
RIGA, 20 March 2002- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann, called on the political parties in Latvia to bring the election legislation in line with international...
British MP Bruce George to lead OSCE Observation of Ukrainian Elections
Publishing date: 20 March 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
COPENHAGEN, 20 March 2002- Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) Bruce George, MP (United Kingdom) will lead the OSCE Observers for the Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine on Sunday, 31 March...
OSCE Chairmanship concerned about violence in Kyrgyzstan, welcomes release of arrested MP
Publishing date: 19 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 19 March 2002- The Portuguese Chairmanship of the OSCE is concerned about the recent tension and clashes in Kyrgyzstan, specifically in the Jalal-Abad province, the home of the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on...