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OSCE Chairman presents grandfather's yellow star to German Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 29 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BERLIN, 29 April 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy marked the end of an OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism on Thursday by presenting the yellow star his grandfather had worn as a Jew in Bulgaria during World War Two to German Foreign Minister...
Chairman-in-Office stresses crucial role of education in challenging anti-Semitism across OSCE area
Publishing date: 28 April 2004
BERLIN, 28 April 2004- Opening the OSCE's second conference on anti-Semitism today, the Organization's Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy warned that the "murder of memory", allowing the remembrance of the Holocaust to slowly fade away, was the surest...
Chairman-in-Office raises prospect of extending OSCE co-operation with Afghanistan
Publishing date: 10 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
KABUL, 10 April 2004- After visiting the five OSCE Central Asian States, the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Solomon Passy, flew into Kabul today and discussed possible areas of co-operation between the Organization and Afghanistan...
Chairman-in-Office wishes to broaden co-operation between OSCE and Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 10 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ASHGABAD, 9 April, 2004- On the fifth day of his tour of Central Asian States, the Chairman-in-Office, Solomon Passy, discussed the OSCE agenda for further democratic development of Turkmenistan with the country's President, Saparmurat Niyazov...
OSCE, Swiss mine expert group launch second phase of Tajikistan mine action project
Publishing date: 9 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
DUSHANBE, 9 April 2004- The second part of a project to save Tajikistan from its bitter civil war legacy, landmines, was launched yesterday in the country's capital, Dushanbe. Under an agreement signed between the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the...
Tajikistan reforms deserve further OSCE support, says Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 8 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 8 April 2004- Visiting Tajikistan on the fourth stop of his five-day visit to the Central Asian States, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, discussed OSCE support for further democratic development...
Chairman-in-Office offers support to Kyrgyzstan's reform path
Publishing date: 7 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 7 April 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, making the third stop on his week-long trip to Central Asian States, discussed co-operation with the OSCE during a meeting today with...