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OSCE Chairman-in-Office sees 2006 as an important milestone on Bosnia and Herzegovina's path to reform
Publishing date: 26 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 26 April 2006- During a two-day visit to Sarajevo, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, met Bosnian Prime Minister Adnan Terzic, Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanic and the members of the Bosnian Presidency...
OSCE releases Annual Report on 2005 activities
Publishing date: 26 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 26 April 2006- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the world's largest regional security arrangement, released its Annual Report 2005 today...
OSCE Chairman raises rule of law, democratic institutions and economic development with Albanian authorities; urges resumed work on electoral reform
Publishing date: 26 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania
TIRANA, 26 April 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, held talks in Tirana with President Alfred Moisiu, Prime Minister Sali Berisha and Foreign Minister Besnik Mustafaj. The OSCE Chairman called on Albanian...
OSCE-Thailand conference focuses on challenges to security 'from poverty to pandemics'
Publishing date: 25 April 2006
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BANGKOK, 25 April 2006- OSCE, Thai and regional officials are focusing over the next two days on challenges to global security, at an international conference under the theme 'From Poverty to Pandemic'. Meeting for the third time in Bangkok since...
OSCE Chairman in Office Karel De Gucht on constitutional amendments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 24 April 2006
BRUSSELS, 24 April 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht welcomed the adoption of the constitutional amendments by the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives and urged the plenary session of both houses to...
OSCE Chairman expresses condolences after French expert dies in landmine accident in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 20 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
BRUSSELS, 20 April 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed his condolences to the family of a French expert who was killed when a landmine exploded in Tajikistan on 19 April...
OSCE Chairman welcomes Russian-Georgian agreement on base closure
Publishing date: 7 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 7 April 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht has welcomed the agreement between Russia and Georgia on the temporary functioning and withdrawal of Russian military bases and other military facilities deployed in Georgia...
OSCE Chairman calls on Uzbekistan to make domestic reforms and strengthen civil society
Publishing date: 2 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 1 April 2006- On the final stop of his visit to Central Asia to strengthen its relations with the OSCE, the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, met top officials and civil society representatives in Uzbekistan...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned about violent incidents in Georgian prison
Publishing date: 31 March 2006
TASHKENT, 31 March 2006- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel De Gucht, has expressed his concern about violent incidents that occurred in Tbilisi...
OSCE Chairman encourages Tajik Government to push ahead with democratic reforms
Publishing date: 30 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Gender equality, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 30 March 2006- Continuing his trip in Central Asia, the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister, Karel De Gucht, visited Tajikistan on Thursday and met with President Emomali Rakhmonov, Foreign Minister...