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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Croatia Mission welcomes Prime Minister's call for refugee return
Publishing date: 12 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 12 June 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, welcomed today a public statement by the country's Prime Minister calling on all refugees to return to Croatia...
OSCE Envoy urges focus on dialogue and NGOs in Central Asia
Publishing date: 11 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Human rights
VIENNA, 11 June 2003- Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, who is Personal Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia, on Wednesday stressed the importance of strengthening civil society and regional co-operation in helping...
OSCE Mission and Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights reject contradiction over tenancy rights figures
Publishing date: 2 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
ZAGREB, 2 June 2003- The OSCE Mission to Croatia and the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights have clarified the background to the figures recently presented in the media or attributed to these organizations in relation to the number of terminated...
OSCE media watchdog questions suspension of independent Belarusian newspapers
Publishing date: 30 May 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked Belarus Foreign Minister for urgent clarification regarding the suspension of publication of the independent newspapers Belaruskaya Delovaya Gazeta...
OSCE media watchdog asks U.S. to clarify detention of French journalists
Publishing date: 26 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 26 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell for clarifications regarding the detention of six French journalists on arrival in Los Angeles on 10 and 11 May...
OSCE Mission concerned about low voter turnout at minority elections in Croatia
Publishing date: 19 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 19 May, 2003- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has expressed concern today about the low turnout at elections for minority councils held in Croatia on Sunday and urged the Government to organize elections in areas where they were not held...
Media freedom deteriorates in some OSCE States, says OSCE media watchdog
Publishing date: 2 May 2003
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 2 May 2003- The general state of the media in OSCE participating States and the safety of journalists working in hostile environments will be two themes on which the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, will focus...