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OSCE Chairman deplores hostage taking in Russia
Publishing date: 1 September 2004
SOFIA, 1 September 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Passy, expressed outrage over the seizure by terrorists of a school in Beslan in the Russian republic of North Ossetia, where children and adults are being held hostage...
OSCE Chairman expresses support for Estonian government position on wartime monument
Publishing date: 22 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
SOFIA, 22 August 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office expressed support for the Estonian government in its objections to the erection of a controversial monument commemorating Estonians who fought on the side of Nazi forces in World War Two...
OSCE Chairman urges demilitarisation of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 20 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
SOFIA, 20 August 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy expressed concern over recent developments in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict in messages to Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity. In a
OSCE Chairmanship welcomes invitation from Belarus to observe elections
Publishing date: 19 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
SOFIA, 19 August 2004- The Bulgarian OSCE Chairmanship welcomes the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Belarus for the OSCE to observe the Parliamentary elections scheduled for October 17...
Georgian Foreign Minister calls for international conference on South Ossetia
Publishing date: 18 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 18 August 2004- Georgia's Foreign Minister, Salome Zourabichvili, called on Wednesday for an international conference on the Georgian-Ossetian conflict and said the OSCE should be fully involved in efforts to find a peaceful, lasting solution...
Transdniestrian authorities bar OSCE Mission staff from entering region, turn back food for orphans
Publishing date: 18 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 18 August 2004- Authorities in Moldova's Transdniestria region have banned staff of the OSCE Mission in Moldova from entering the region and turned away a delivery of food for orphans attending one of the schools which is at the centre of...
OSCE Chairman deeply concerned over reported deaths in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 13 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SOFIA, 13 August 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy said he was deeply concerned about the escalation of military confrontation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, and in particular about reports of deaths, casualties and firing...