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Freimut Duve organizes conference on media in multi-lingual societies

Publishing date: 1 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 1 April 2003- A conference on media in multi-lingual societies was held in Berne, Switzerland, on 28-29 March. It was organized by Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and hosted by the Swiss...

OSCE Mission supports Croatian President's initiative on refugee return

Publishing date: 10 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 10 March 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Peter Semneby, pledged on Monday to support a proposal by the Croatian President, Stjepan Mesic, to initiate a high-level meeting on the return of refugees...

OSCE, UNHCR officials discuss refugee returns between BiH, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro

Publishing date: 21 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 21 February 2003- The OSCE and the UNHCR held a regional meeting at the senior level today to discuss problems related to refugee return to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro. Participants included heads of missions...

OSCE Newsletter now online: Netherlands Chair to focus on human security

Publishing date: 16 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 16 January 2003- An interview with the new Chairman-in-Office, Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, is the lead item in the latest issue of the OSCE Newsletter, now available online. The Newsletter also focuses on...

OSCE Commissioner welcomes adoption of minority law in Croatia

Publishing date: 16 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 16 December 2002- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, today welcomed the adoption of the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities by the Parliament of the Republic...

OSCE Mission welcomes Croatia's adoption of Minority Law

Publishing date: 13 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 13 December 2002- The Head of the OSCE Mission, Ambassador Peter Semneby, today welcomed Croatia's adoption of a new Constitutional Law on National Minorities, noting the adoption of a good minority law has been a...

Croatia must reaffirm its commitment to minority rights, OSCE Mission Head says

Publishing date: 29 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 29 November 2002- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, said today that the Croatian Parliament should adopt a minority law acceptable to Croatian minorities, thereby reaffirming the country's...