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OSCE public office for human rights violations opens in Pristina
Publishing date: 28 December 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Human rights
PRISTINA, 28 December 1998-- The OSCE KVM Human Rights Division has established a Public Office open under appointment to anyone wishing to provide information and statement on violations of human rights taking place in Kosovo.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned with breach of ceasefire in Kosovo
Publishing date: 27 December 1998
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
WARSAW, 27 December 1998-- Professor Bronislaw Geremek, Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs and the OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses his deep concern with the renewed fighting and the breach of the fragile ceasefire in Kosovo in recent days....
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns Kosovo violence
Publishing date: 15 December 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission (closed)
WARSAW, 15 December 1998-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek, strongly condemns the recent violence in Kosovo which comes at a critical juncture in the efforts of the international community to relax tensions a
Statement on Estonia by OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 9 December 1998
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 9 December 1998-- The following statement was released today by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Max van der Stoel....
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns killings in Chechnya
Publishing date: 9 December 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 9 December 1998-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek strongly condemns the brutal killings of three nationals of the United Kingdom and one of New Zealand kidnapped in Chechnya....
OSCE Chairman-in-Office concludes visit to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 26 November 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights
BAKU, 26 November 1998-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek, is today concluding a four-day visit to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan....
OSCE Ministerial Council meeting to be held in Oslo
Publishing date: 23 November 1998
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 23 November 1998-- The Foreign Ministers of the 54 OSCE Participating States will meet in Oslo on 2 and 3 December for the 7th OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting.