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OSCE Chair calls for forceful reaction to 'brutalization of conflicts'
Publishing date: 27 November 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
VIENNA, 27 November 2000-- In the opening address to the Vienna Ministerial Council, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Benita Ferrero-Waldner today called for a more forceful reaction to the brutalization of conflicts
OSCE improving capability to react to crisis
Publishing date: 27 November 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
VIENNA, 27 November 2000-- The OSCE is improving its capability to identify and react to real and potential crisis situations, OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis told delegates attending the Eighth OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna today.
Foreign Ministers welcome Yugoslavia as newest OSCE participating State
Publishing date: 27 November 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Summits / Ministerial Councils
VIENNA, 27 November 2000-- Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Vojislav Kostunica added his signature to three landmark OSCE documents today, symbolizing the country's official status as the 55th OSCE participating State...
OSCE Chair to meet Mediterranean and Asian Counterparts
Publishing date: 26 November 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
VIENNA, 26 November 2000- This evening, the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, will host a meeting with counterparts from the OSCE...
OSCE Ministerial Council meets in Vienna, 27-28 November
Publishing date: 24 November 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Summits / Ministerial Councils, Troika
VIENNA, 24 November 2000-- Children in armed conflict areas, trafficking in human beings, an agreement on small arms, and efforts to promote media freedom will be among the topics discussed at the Eighth Ministerial Council...
Troika Ministers address pressing OSCE issues at Vienna meeting
Publishing date: 27 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
VIENNA, 27 October 2000-- The Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Troika-- Benita Ferrero-Waldner of Austria, Petre Roman of Romania, and Espen Barth Eide (State Secretary) of Norway met today in Vienna...
Troika Ministers address pressing OSCE issues at Bucharest meeting
Publishing date: 5 July 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Moldova, OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya (closed), OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Elections
BUCHAREST, 5 July 2000-- The Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Troika-- Benita Ferrero-Waldner of Austria, Petre Roman of Romania, and Espen Barth Eide (State Secretary) of...