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OSCE releases Summary Report on Bishkek Conference on Security and Stability in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 March 2002
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 12 March 2002- The OSCE released today a Summary Report on the Bishkek International Conference on Security and Stability in Central Asia, held on 13 and 14 December 2001 in Kyrgyzstan. This conference was co-sponsored by...
Italy's Media Ownership- A Challenge to the European Constitutional Architecture
Publishing date: 12 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 12 March 2002- Special attention should be paid to media freedom and the independence of the media in the discussion on a European Constitution, stressed Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...
OSCE Secretary General welcomes agreement with European Commission on policing operation
Publishing date: 28 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing
VIENNA, 28 February 2002- The OSCE Secretary General, Jan Kubis, today informed the Organization's 55-nation Permanent Council that the first Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the OSCE and the European Commission...
First meeting of Croatian and Bosnian-Serb representatives along Sava river since war
Publishing date: 20 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
SLAVONSKI BROD, 20 February 2002- For the first time since the end of the conflict of 1991 to 1995, county level officials from former warring municipalities of Croatia and the Bosnia and Herzegovina entity of Republika Srpska are meeting in Croatia...
International agreements important to maintain stability between countries that share river resources
Publishing date: 12 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ZAMORA, 12 February 2002- International water agreements can positively contribute to peace and co-operation by addressing the future water needs of countries that share a river basin, according to...
OSCE Media Representative raises concern over case of Croatian journalist
Publishing date: 5 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
VIENNA, 5 February 2002- On 4 February, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addressed Tonino Picula, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia, regarding the controversy over the recent programme on Croatian Television Latinica...
New Head of OSCE's Croatia Mission takes up post
Publishing date: 28 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
ZAGREB, 28 January 2002- The new Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, is taking up his duty today...