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OSCE Troika issues statement on Belarus
Publishing date: 3 December 1996
LISBON, 3 December 1996-- The OSCE Troika reaffirmed the widely shared conviction that the referendum of November 24 in Belarus was conducted in contradiction with the constitutional procedures... and cannot be considered as legitimate
OSCE Secretary General travels to Minsk
Publishing date: 27 November 1996
VIENNA, 27 November 1996-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Swiss Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti, has decided to send the Secretary General of the OSCE, Ambassador Giancarlo Aragona, to Minsk,...
OSCE extends mandate of Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 21 November 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 21 November 1996-- The OSCE Permanent Council agreed today to extend the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina until December 1997. The decision was taken in...
OSCE Troika Ministers issue statement on Belarus
Publishing date: 16 November 1996
BERN, 16 November 1996-- The Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Troika, Mr. Laszlo Kovac of Hungary, Mr. Flavio Cotti of Switzerland and Mr. Niels Helveg Petersen of Denmark, issued the following statement today on Belarus:...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office issues statement on situation in Belarus
Publishing date: 18 October 1996
BERN, 18 October 1996-- Having heard a preliminary report by the team of experts, the Chairman-in-Office expresses his serious concern with regard to the evolution of the situation in legal and constitutional fields in Belarus.
OSCE Mission to Croatia begins operations
Publishing date: 5 July 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 5 July 1996-- The OSCE Mission to the Republic of Croatia began its operations today with the arrival of its head of mission, Amb. Albert J.A.M. Nooij of the Netherlands.
Chairman-in-Office calls for war criminals to be handed over
Publishing date: 9 May 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
BERN,9 May 1996-- The presence in Bosnia-Herzegovina of war criminals indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague is a hindrance to the holding of free and fair elections...