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OSCE condemns assassination attempt on Turkish human rights activist
Publishing date: 14 May 1998
Warsaw, 14 May 1998-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE expresses his great concern about the assassination attempt against Akin Birdal, the Chairman of the Turkish Human Rights Association....
OSCE welcomes education agreement in Kosovo
Publishing date: 24 March 1998
WARSAW, 24 March 1998-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek, welcomed the agreement reached yesterday in Pristina between...
Personal Representative condemns violence in Kosovo
Publishing date: 31 December 1997
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office
What we do: Human rights
THE HAGUE, 31 December 1997--The brutal way in which the police dispersed a peaceful student demonstration in Kosovo yesterday gives rise to deep concern.
Mandate for OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina extended for 1998
Publishing date: 11 December 1997
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 11 December 1997-- The Permanent Council of the OSCE today decided to extend the mandate of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina until 31...
Human rights record of OSCE States under review in Warsaw
Publishing date: 11 November 1997
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 11 November 1997-- The Foreign Minister of Poland, Bronislaw Geremek will open the biannual OSCE Implementation Meeting tomorrow in Warsaw. The three-week Meeting of...
New director named for OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publishing date: 26 March 1997
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
VIENNA, 26 March 1997-- Mr. Gérard Stoudmann of Switzerland has been appointed as Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today by the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office issues statement on Tajikistan
Publishing date: 11 February 1997
COPENHAGEN, 11 February 1997- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE is seriously concerned about the deterioration of the situation in Tajikistan, resulting from the taking of hostages by an armed group, and strongly condemns this act of terrorism.