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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Ministers endorse successful negotiation of last section of Dayton/Paris Peace Accords
Publishing date: 4 December 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BUCHAREST, 4 December 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE, which is holding its two-day annual meeting in Bucharest, decided on Tuesday to endorse a major negotiating success- reaching consensus on the remaining aspect of the Dayton/Paris Peace Accords...
OSCE Kosovo Mission begins training of newly elected Assembly members
Publishing date: 3 December 2001
PRISTINA, 3 December 2001 (OSCE)- Members of Kosovo's Assembly will gather for the first time this week as they participate in a post-election training organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...
OSCE Troika meets with Partners for Co-operation in Bucharest
Publishing date: 3 December 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
BUCHAREST, 3 December 2001 (OSCE)- On the eve of the Ministerial Council, taking place on 3 and 4 December in Bucharest, the OSCE Ministerial Troika held a meeting on 2 December dedicated to relations with the OSCE Partners for Co-operation.
OSCE should address root causes of terrorism that are exploited by extremist ideologies
Publishing date: 3 December 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
BUCHAREST, 3 December 2001- In his opening address to the OSCE Ministerial Council, which began in Bucharest today, the current Chairman-in-Office, Romania's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mircea Dan Geoana, issued a strong call...
Ambassador Daan Everts says farewell to Kosovo
Publishing date: 30 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 30 November 2001-- Ambassador Daan Everts leaves Kosovo this weekend after two and a half years as head of the OSCE Mission...
International conference on countering terrorism to take place in Kyrgyzstan on 13 and 14 December
Publishing date: 29 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 29 November 2001-- Highlighting the importance of the comprehensiveness of efforts to prevent and counter terrorism will be on top of the agenda of an international conference co-organized by the Organization for Security and...
Action against terrorism must not undermine human rights
Publishing date: 29 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
GENEVA/STRASBOURG/WARSAW, 29 November 2001- In an unprecedented move, the heads of three leading inter-governmental human rights bodies today jointly cautioned governments that measures to eradicate terrorism must not lead to excessive curbs...