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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE plans new anti-torture activities with Armenian authorities
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights
YEREVAN, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Office in Yerevan joins in commemorating the United Nations International Day in Support for Victims of Torture on June 26, which will be marked for the third time since 1998. Created by a Resolution...
OSCE calls on parties in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to put aside their differences
Publishing date: 21 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
VIENNA, 21 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, today appealed to all parties in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to put aside their differences and make a real effort to compromise...
Report: A strategy for justice in Kosovo
Publishing date: 21 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
PRISTINA, 21 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The lack of a comprehensive and co-ordinated approach to the needs of Kosovo\'s justice system has hampered its effectiveness, according to an OSCE report...
Human rights manual published in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 20 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
DUSHANBE, 20 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to Tajikistan yesterday officially launched the Russian-language \"Manual of International Acts on Human Rights\"...
Elections top agenda of Chairman-in-Office visit to Kosovo
Publishing date: 19 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 19 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, has been holding a series of meetings in the Kosovo capital, Pristina
OSCE back in Chechnya: A major breakthrough
Publishing date: 15 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
ZNAMENSKOYE, 15 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, visited Chechnya today on the occasion of the official inauguration of the OSCE Assistance Group office in Znamenskoye (northern Chechnya)
OSCE/ODIHR Director visits Chechnya to assess human rights situation
Publishing date: 14 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 14 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Gérard Stoudmann, visited Chechnya on 13 and 14 June on a fact-finding mission to assess the human rights situation