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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Regional approach needed to combat Central Asia common "plagues"
Publishing date: 4 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Policing
ASTANA, 4 June 2001 (OSCE)-- A transboundary approach is needed together with a coordinated response at the national and international level to combat international terrorism, organized crime, illegal trafficking in drugs, weapons, and human beings...
Tashkent conference focuses on pre-trial investigation
Publishing date: 2 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization
TASHKENT, 2 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Judicial supervision over pre-trial investigation in Uzbekistan was the topic of a meeting held in Tashkent on 1 and 2 June. The conference agenda included a review of Uzbek national criminal procedure...
Permanent Council adopts budget for 2001 Kosovo elections
Publishing date: 1 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 1 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Permanent Council has decided to adopt a supplementary budget for the holding of Kosovo-wide elections on 17 November 2001. The supplementary budget for the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, approved on 31 May, amounts to...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office commends positive developments in southern Serbia
Publishing date: 1 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BUCHAREST, 1 June 2001-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, has commended the recent positive developments in southern Serbia. He was referring to the agreement on the demilitarization...
Mandate extension recommended for OSCE Media Representative
Publishing date: 1 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 1 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Permanent Council has recommended to the Ministerial Council to extend the mandate of Freimut Duve as OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media to 31 December 2003...
Political support for domestic election observers is growing in the OSCE
Publishing date: 31 May 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 31 May 2001 (OSCE)- Political support for domestic election observation groups is growing within the OSCE. This is one of the main results of a high-level OSCE meeting on elections which closes today...
Kosovo Mission Head to brief Pristina media on 1 June
Publishing date: 31 May 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 31 May 2001 (OSCE)-- Daan Everts, Head of the Mission in Kosovo, will brief the Pristina media on Friday, 1 June, on his recent visit to the OSCE Permanent Council. On 31 May, Mr. Everts had updated the 55 OSCE participating States...