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Parliamentary Assembly President to lead election observers in Croatia
Publishing date: 20 December 1999
COPENHAGEN, 20 December 1999-- Mrs. Helle Degn MP (Denmark), President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, will arrive in Zagreb on 2 January 2000 to...
Statement by OSCE Chairman-in-Office on the conflict in Chechnya
Publishing date: 29 December 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 29 December 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Foreign Minister of Norway Knut Vollebaek, urges the Russian Federation to do everything in its power to...
Statement by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities on evaluation mission to Romania
Publishing date: 1 September 1995
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 1 September 1995- OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visited Romania to evaluate the the recently adopted Law on Education.
International observers issue preliminary statement on parliamentary elections in Croatia
Publishing date: 4 January 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
ZAGREB, 4 January 2000-- The International Election Observation Mission for the 2-3 January 2000 election to the House of Representatives of the...
Concern about media intimidation in Russia
Publishing date: 17 January 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 17 January 2000-- On 24 January 2000, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut...
OSCE/ODIHR establishes observation mission in Kyrgyzstan for February elections
Publishing date: 18 January 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 18 January 2000-- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Office for Democratic Institutions and...
OSCE condemns vandalization of graves at the Serb memorial cemetery
Publishing date: 20 January 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization
VUKOVAR, 20 January 2000-- During the night of 19/20 January 2000, eight more graves at the Serb memorial cemetery \'Aleja\' in Vukovar were damaged. Previously a similar incident at this cemetery occurred on Christmas Eve when 11 graves...
Statement by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the situation in Kosovo
Publishing date: 4 February 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
VIENNA, 4 February 2000-- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, is appalled by the escalating violence in Kosovo and...
Kosovo media commissioner issues statement regarding erroneous media report
Publishing date: 7 February 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA-- 7 February 2000-- The following statement was issued by OSCE Director of Media Affairs, Douglas Davidson, who is also the temporary media...
Election observation mission issues preliminary findings on Croatia
Publishing date: 8 February 2000
ZAGREB, 8 February 2000-- The 7 February 2000 second round election of the President of the Republic of Croatia confirmed the progress in fulfilling the country's commitments as a participating State of the OSCE....