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OSCE Chairman encourages UN Security Council to seek OSCE support in Iraq, Afghanistan
Publishing date: 7 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
NEW YORK, 7 May 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy told the UN Security Council on Friday that the 55-nation security body would be willing to offer its assistance in rebuilding democratic institutions in Iraq and Afghanistan if requested...
OSCE Chairman welcomes peaceful resolution to crisis in Ajara region of Georgia
Publishing date: 6 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
WASHINGTON, D.C., 6 May 2004- Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, congratulated President Mikheil Saakashvili, the people of Georgia and the government on achieving a peaceful settlement of the situation in Ajara...
OSCE Chairman urges Batumi to resume negotiations with Georgian leadership
Publishing date: 5 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
WASHINGTON, D.C., 5 May 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has expressed his deepest concern over the recent developments in Ajara. He stressed the importance of maintaining the territorial integrity and national...
OSCE 'Berlin Declaration' sets out concrete measures to fight anti-Semitism
Publishing date: 29 April 2004
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
BERLIN, 29 April 2004- The OSCE's second Conference on anti-Semitism ended today with a ringing condemnation of all acts motivated by anti-Semitism or other forms of religious or racial hatred, and States agreed to take specific, practical counter...
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...