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OSCE Permanent Council calls on FRY to release detainees
Publishing date: 7 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Policing
VIENNA, 7 September 2000- The 54-member OSCE Permanent Council called on the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) today to speed up legal procedures and to rapidly release from detention in Belgrade the two British OMIK members...
Need for public debate in post-conflict situations
Publishing date: 25 November 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 25 November 1999-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, spoke today at the OSCE Permanent Council. In his address, Duve pointed out that freedom...
Tajikistan Foreign Minister to address OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 13 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 13 October 1999-- The Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Mr. Talbak Nazarov, will address the Permanent Council of the Organization for...
UN Deputy Secretary General reviews co-operation with OSCE
Publishing date: 7 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 7 October 1999-- Reviewing joint efforts and enhancing future co-operation in conflict prevention and resolution was the main...
German Foreign Minister stresses OSCE role in conflict prevention
Publishing date: 6 October 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 6 October 1999-- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is predestined, like no other European organization, to pioneer the "culture of prevention", German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer told the Permanent Council.
OSCE opens office in Yerevan, Armenia
Publishing date: 23 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 23 July 1999-- The OSCE Permanent Council has decided to establish an OSCE Office in Yerevan, Armenia. The Office will start functioning during the second half of 1999 and perform the following functions:...
Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe placed under OSCE auspices
Publishing date: 1 July 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 1 July 1999-- The Permanent Council also decided today to place the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe under the auspices of the OSCE....