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OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls for settlement and easing of tension in Moldova
Publishing date: 22 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 22 June 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, urged the Moldovan and Transdniestrian leadership to speed up negotiations to make real progress in the Transdniestrian settlement process...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned about hunger strike in Belarus
Publishing date: 20 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
SOFIA, 20 June 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, expressed concern on Sunday about the health of three members of the Belarusian Parliament who have been on hunger strike since...
Paris meeting begins with calls on OSCE participating States to act against hate speech on the Internet
Publishing date: 16 June 2004
PARIS, 16 June 2004- A two-day international meeting has begun in Paris with several countries calling on the 55 States of the OSCE to take measures against hate speech and racist propaganda on the Internet. French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office discusses implementation of OSCE standards and commitments with Belarusian leadership
Publishing date: 9 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization
MINSK, 9 June 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, said on Wednesday he was satisfied with his visit to Belarus, which provided him with the opportunity to...
OSCE Economic Forum in Prague calls for closer co-operation between governments and private sector
Publishing date: 4 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
PRAGUE, 4 June 2004- OSCE participating States and the business community should develop co-operation to pursue the common goal of peace and prosperity in the region. This was one of the main points made at the last session of the 12th Economic Forum...
Helga Konrad appointed OSCE Chair's special representative against human trafficking
Publishing date: 13 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 13 May 2004- A leading expert on fighting human trafficking, former Austrian Minister Helga Konrad, has been appointed OSCE Special Representative on Trafficking in Human Beings by Chairman Solomon Passy. Dr. Konrad said the OSCE was very...
OSCE Chairman condemns terrorist attack in Chechnya
Publishing date: 10 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ZAGREB, 10 May 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy strongly condemned Sunday's terrorist attack in Chechnya, in which Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov and a number of other people were killed. He called the Grozny bomb blast "a vicious act of"...