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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Ministerial Troika meets in Copenhagen
Publishing date: 23 January 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Troika
COPENHAGEN, 23 January 1996-- The Ministers of the Troika of the OSCE met today in Copenhagen to follow-up on the OSCE Summit in Lisbon, discuss elections in Chechnya, and review the situation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and in Belarus...
Parties sign agreement on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 26 January 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 26 January 1996-- Parties to the negotiations on confidence and security measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina signed an agreement...
Parties to the Article IV arms control talks to attend plenary meeting
Publishing date: 28 February 1996
Content type: Press release
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 28 February 1996-- A plenary meeting with the parties to the negotiations on sub-regional arms control is scheduled for tomorrow, 29 February at 10:00 at...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office travels to Baku and Erewan
Publishing date: 28 February 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 28 February 1996-- Swiss Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti, as OSCE Chairman-in-Office,will meet in Baku and Erewan the Presidents and Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia as well as the representatives of Nagorno Karabakh...
OSCE Senior Council to meet this week in Prague
Publishing date: 18 March 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 18 March 1996-- On Thursday and Friday, 21-22 March, the OSCE Senior Council will be meeting in Prague. The meeting will open on Thursday at 15.00 with a statement by the...
OSCE Economic Forum convenes in Prague
Publishing date: 22 March 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 22 March 1996--The Fourth Meeting of the OSCE Economic Forum will convene on 27-29 March at the Czernin Palace in Prague. The meeting is expected to contribute economic security elements...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office issues declaration on Chechnya
Publishing date: 1 April 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 1 April 1996-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes President Yeltsin's initiative for peace and hopes it will prove a decisive step in the direction of a turning point away from the recent escalation of combat.
Chairman-in-Office calls for war criminals to be handed over
Publishing date: 9 May 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
BERN,9 May 1996-- The presence in Bosnia-Herzegovina of war criminals indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague is a hindrance to the holding of free and fair elections...
Release of prisoners of war in Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 10 May 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BERN, 10 May 1996-- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Swiss Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti, issued the following statement today on the release of prisoners of war and the second anniversary of the cease-fire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Yeltsin to meet with Yanderbiev in Moscow
Publishing date: 23 May 1996
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GROZNY, 23 May 1996-- A preliminary agreement has been reached on the necessity of resuming dialogue between the two sides of the armed conflict in Chechnya.