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Head of the OSCE Mission visits southwest Serbia

23 September 2015
  • The pedestrian zone in Sjenica centre is undergoing a process of visible refurbishing and modernization, Sjenica, 22 September 2015. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
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  • During the trip to southwest Serbia the OSCE team visits one of the most beautiful natural sceneries of this region, Special Nature Reserve, Lake Uvac, 22 September 2015. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
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  • The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard, visiting the laboratory for testing of milk and meat products within Sjenica’s Regional Center for Agricultural Development, accompanied by the President of Sjenica Municipality, Hazbo Mujović. The laboratory, equipped but not yet operational, will yet contribute to Sjenica’s great potential of rural development. For example, autochthonous Sjenica whole milk cheese, made from ewe-s milk and cow’s milk is widely known and consumed in the region, Sjenica, 22 September 2015. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
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  • The OSCE Mission to Serbia delegation arrives to the premises of the Bosniak National Council for a meeting with its President, Sujeman Ugljanin, Novi Pazar, 22 September, 2015. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
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  • Citizens of Novi Pazar taking a stroll in the pedestrian zone. A city located in southwest Serbia, Novi Pazar, is among the youngest cities in Europe with over 49 percent of population younger than 35 years old, Novi Pazar, 22 September, 2015. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
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  • The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard (l), giving a short statement to the local media after his meeting with the President of the Bosniak National Council, Sulejman Ugljanin (r), Novi Pazar, 22 September 2015. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
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  • Representatives of Novi Pazar’s civil society sector, Semiha Kačar (l) from Sandžak Committee for protection of human rights and freedoms, Sead Biberović (c) representing Urban In, and Zibija Šarenkapić (r) from Cultural Centre Damad, discuss education in minority language and civil society activism in the region, at the meeting with the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard, Novi Pazar, 22 September, 2015. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
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  • The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard with students representing the Union of High School Councils from Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, 22 September 2015. (OSCE)
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  • Representatives of the Union of High School Student Parliaments from Novi Pazar discussing youth perceptions on security in Novi Pazar and the role of the local Municipal Safety Council, with Ambassador Peter Burkhard. Novi Pazar, 22 September 2015. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
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  • The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard (l), speaking with the Mayor of Novi Pazar, Meho Mahmutović, about successful law enforcement mechanisms implemented throughout the municipality. Novi Pazar, 23 September 2015. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)
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A photo-gallery of Ambassador Peter Burkhard's visit to southwest Serbia where he met with local self-government, national minority, religious, and civil society organizations representatives in Novi Pazar and Sjenica.

Between 21 and 23 September 2015, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard, visited southwest Serbia where he met with local self-government, national minority, religious, and civil society organizations representatives in Novi Pazar and Sjenica.   Discussions focused on the issues facing the Bosniak national minority and prospects for the region’s economic development, in particular in the field of agricultural development and eco-tourism.  Burkhard got acquainted with youth perceptions on security in Novi Pazar, especially the role of the local Municipal Safety Council, at the meeting with some 30 representatives of the local youth NGO, the Union of High school Parliaments.  During the visit, the OSCE team also went to see some of the most beautiful natural sceneries of this region – Lake Uvac.