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OSCE Chairman-in-Office applauds peaceful Macedonian elections
Publishing date: 17 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections
LISBON, 17 September 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has welcomed the generally peaceful environment in which the parliamentary elections were held in the former Yugoslav Republic of...
Macedonian parliamentary elections largely in line with international standards
Publishing date: 16 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections
SKOPJE, 16 September 2002- Yesterday's parliamentary elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were largely in line with international standards, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a statement issued today...
International monitors prepare for final phase of Macedonian elections
Publishing date: 13 September 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
SKOPJE, 13 September, 2002- All this week, hundreds of international election observers have been arriving in the Macedonian capital, Skopje, in preparation for the largest election observation mission ever organized by the OSCE. The team...
OSCE/ODIHR sends observers to monitor parliamentary elections in Latvia
Publishing date: 12 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
RIGA, 12 September 2002-- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission for the parliamentary elections in Latvia scheduled for 5 October...
OSCE/ODIHR starts observation of general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 10 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 10 September 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission to monitor the general elections scheduled for 5 October in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
OSCE report confirms trend towards abolition of death penalty
Publishing date: 10 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 10 September 2002- The OSCE's 2002 death penalty report confirms the ongoing trend towards the abolition of capital punishment. The report was released today on the margins of the OSCE's annual human rights conference in Warsaw...
Chairman-in-Office stresses OSCE role in European security at annual human rights meeting
Publishing date: 9 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 9 September 2002- Recalling the terrorist attacks against the United States nearly a year ago, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, today stressed the important role the OSCE plays in European...