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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE adapts focus of office in Central Asia
Publishing date: 14 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 14 December 2000-- The OSCE Liaison Office in Central Asia (CALO) has been renamed the OSCE Centre in Tashkent by the OSCE Permanent Council today.
Kosovo special broadcast licences remain in effect
Publishing date: 14 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 14 December 2000-- The Office of the Temporary Media Commissioner announced today that the Special Broadcast Authorizations (Elections Coverage) issued to Kosovo radio and television stations will remain in effect...
Parliamentary Assembly President will lead OSCE observation of Serbian elections
Publishing date: 14 December 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
COPENHAGEN, 14 December 2000-- Mr. Adrian Severin, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, will arrive in Belgrade on 20 December 2000 to lead the OSCE Observation Mission for the Parliamentary Elections in Serbia on Saturday 23 December...
Decisions issued on breach of election code in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 14 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 14 December 2000-- At its 290th meeting on Tuesday, 12 December 2000, the Provisional Election Commission passed a series of decisions involving the replacement and resignations of various elected officials...
OSCE condemns financial mismanagement in Bosnia and Herzegovina canton
Publishing date: 14 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 14 December 2000-- Widespread budgetary improprieties, waste, and mismanagement in the Una-Sana Canton government, much of it dating back several years, have been discovered in a report prepared by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina...
First Kosovo NGO forum meets in Pristina
Publishing date: 15 December 2000
PRISTINA, 15 December 2000-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Kosovo Civil Society Foundation are co-sponsoring the first forum of Kosovo non-governmental organizations (NGOs), from 15 to 17 December at the Grand Hotel in Pristina...
Class 11 graduates from OSCE Kosovo Police Service School
Publishing date: 15 December 2000
PRISTINA, 15 December 2000-- The eleventh class of police cadets graduates from the OSCE-run Kosovo Police Service School this Saturday, 16 December 2000...
Statement by the OSCE Chairmanship on allegations against the OSCE office in Belarus
Publishing date: 15 December 2000
VIENNA, 15 December 2000-- The Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, Ambassador Jutta Stefan-Bastl, has made the following statement on behalf of the OSCE Chairmanship...
OSCE activities in Belarus are within its agreed mandate
Publishing date: 15 December 2000
MINSK, 15 December 2000-- The OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus (AMG) takes strong issue with recent public statements by the Chief of the Belarusian Committee of State Security...
Convention of refugee associations held in Zagreb
Publishing date: 18 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 18 December 2000-- In a statement issued today, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Bernard Poncet, welcomed the initiative of refugee associations in Croatia to organize a convention bringing together the various groups...