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Research presented at the OSCE Conference on Tolerance and the Fight against Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, Brussels, 13 and 14 September 2004. Euro-Turks: A Bridge, or a Breach, between Turkey and the European Union?

Statement at the OSCE Conference on Tolerance and the Fight against Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, Brussels, 13 and 14 September 2004

Remarks by the OSCE Secretary General

"Sanader's words are encouraging but we're waiting to see what is done," interview with Mission Spokesperson Alessandro Fracassetti

"Croatian Government made a step in the wrong direction," interview with Ambassador Peter Semneby who comments on new Croatian media-related legislation

Paper presented at the Follow-up Meeting of the United Nations Counter Terrorism Committee Special Meeting

These comments on the legal framework of elections in Croatia are primarily based on the Law on Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (the 2003 Election Law), adopted in April 2003, by amendments to the former parliamentary election law from 1999. The amendments were necessitated in large part by the constitutional changes in Croatia in 2001, which included the dissolution of the upper chamber (the House of Counties) of the former State Parliament, as well as the enactment of the Constitutional Law on National Minorities. However, the amendments also addressed other issues, including those, which arose during the previous elections to the former House of Representatives (now Parliament), which were held under the 1999 Election Law. These issues included some raised by the OSCE/ODIHR as a result of its observations of the 2000 election.

The Treaty outlined provisions aimed at establishing a military balance between the NATO and the Warsaw Treaty Organization, at a lower level of armaments.