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Yugoslav foreign minister welcomes OSCE contribution to reform in FRY
Publishing date: 20 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Serbia
VIENNA, 20 June 2002- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Goran Svilanovic, today welcomed the OSCE's contribution to the process of reform and democratisation in his country. Addressing the Permanent Council...
Serbian prison officials visited penitentiary institutions in Germany
Publishing date: 31 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 31 May 2002- A delegation of 6 prison officials from Serbia visited the penitentiary institutions in Hannover, Celle and Vechta, Germany in the middle of May. The visit took place within the framework of the Stability Pact for...
OSCE High Commissioner praises adoption of "minority law" in Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 28 February 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
THE HAGUE, 28 February- OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Rolf Ekeus today praised the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for adopting the Law on the Protection of National Minorities. In a letter to the Minister of...
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Covic praises OSCE work in his country
Publishing date: 7 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Serbia
VIENNA, 7 February 2002- Addressing the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister, Nebojsa Covic, has praised the Organization's work in his country. "Quite certainly, we would not have achieved the results we have...
OSCE encourages women to participate in multi-ethnic police training in Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 21 September 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Policing
BELGRADE, 21 September 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia welcomes the beginning of a campaign to include women in the training program for multi-ethnic police, which the OSCE and the Serb Ministry of Interior...
OSCE holds workshop on Ombudsman institution in Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 12 July 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 12 July 2001 (OSCE)-- In co-operation with the Yugoslav Federal Ministry of Justice and the Office of the Greek Ombudsman, the OSCE Mission in Belgrade held a workshop on the Model of an Ombudsman Institution for the Federal Republic...
Chairman-in-Office welcomes transfer of Milosevic to The Hague
Publishing date: 29 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
BUCHAREST, 29 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, welcomes the transfer of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia...