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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR welcomes Montenegro's readiness to consider further improvements to referendum law
Publishing date: 9 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 9 March 2001- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) welcomes Montenegro Parliament Speaker Svetozar Marovic's comments on 7 March that the recently adopted Referendum Law...
Kosovo Central Election Commission re-established
Publishing date: 9 March 2001
PRISTINA, 9 March 2001-- The body responsible for elections in Kosovo, the Central Election Commission (CEC), has been reconstituted...
OSCE denounces 10 March elections in Abkhazia, Georgia
Publishing date: 9 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Elections
BUCHAREST, 9 March 2001-- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has denounced the holding of local elections in Abkhazia, Georgia, on Saturday, 10 March 2001...
Three councillors removed from office in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 8 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
SARAJEVO, 8 March 2001- The mandates of three Municipal Assembly Councillors have been removed for violations of Article 7.16 of the Provisional Election Commission Rules and Regulations...
CIO: Strong concern about escalation of violence in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Publishing date: 8 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
LONDON, 7 March 2001-- The Chairman in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, has expressed his strong concern about the recent escalation of violence
Parliamentary Troika issues statement on Belarus
Publishing date: 7 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Elections
MINSK, 7 March 2001-The Parliamentary Troika, composed of members of the European Parliament and the Parliamentary Assemblies of the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
International Women's Day round table in Skopje
Publishing date: 7 March 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: National minority issues
SKOPJE, 7 March 2001-- A round table on the occasion of International Women\'s Day will be on Thursday, 8 March, starting at at 9.00 hrs at the Hotel Holiday Inn, Skopje, former Yugoslav Republic of Madecdonia.