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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE seeks immediate release of detained OSCE Mission members
Publishing date: 3 August 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Policing
VIENNA, 3 August 2000-- The Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner expresses her great concern about the arrest...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office expresses concern about recent action against human rights defenders in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 27 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 27 July 2000-- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, is worried by reports on the harassment of human rights activists in Kyrgyzstan.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office speaks out against torture
Publishing date: 26 June 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
Vienna, 26 June 2000- \"Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment constitute an attempt to destroy a fellow human being physically and mentally...\"
OSCE welcomes Russian appointment of human rights representative for Chechnya
Publishing date: 28 February 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 28 February 2000-- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Austria Benita Ferrero-Waldner, welcomes the...
Chairman-in-Office condemns killing of UNMIK staff in Kosovo
Publishing date: 12 November 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
OSLO, 12 Oslo 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Norwegian Foreign Minister Knut Vollebæk, condemns the cold-blooded murder of an United Nations staff member in Pristina last night....
OSCE Ministerial Troika meeting focuses on upcoming OSCE summit and regional issues
Publishing date: 21 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
VIENNA, 21 October 1999-- The OSCE Ministerial Troika, Foreign Ministers Knut Vollebæk of Norway, Wolfgang Schüssel of Austria and Bronislaw...
Statement by the Chairman-in-Office on the situation in Dagestan
Publishing date: 13 August 1999
OSLO, 13 August 1999-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Foreign Minister Knut Vollebaek of Norway, expresses his deep concern about the latest developments on...