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OSCE South-eastern Europe Heads of Mission meet in Croatia
ZAGREB 24 September 2001
ZAGREB, 24 September 2001 (OSCE) - The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Bernard Poncet is hosting a meeting of the Heads of OSCE Missions and Offices in South-eastern Europe. The meeting is being held in Bezanec Castle, near Zagreb on 24 and 25 September 2001.
Among the attendees are the Heads of OSCE Missions and Offices in Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo as well as the Montenegro office of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). The OSCE Romanian Chairmanship is represented by Deputy Personal Representative, Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu. Also represented are the OSCE Secretariat and the OSCE Institutions including the High Commissioner on National Minorities, the Representative on Freedom of the Media and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
The participants are discussing the political and security situation in South-eastern Europe including the political developments and future role of the OSCE in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. They are also addressing election-related issues with particular reference to Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the possible referendum in Montenegro.
Also addressed is the regional dimension of OSCE activities which include issues that are being dealt with by several Missions such as the return of refugees, property restitution, police training and the economic and environmental dimension of the OSCE work.
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For more information please contact Alessandro Fracassetti, Spokesperson, OSCE Mission to Croatia, tel.: 385 1 309 66 20, mobile: 385 91 1988 904, fax: 309 6297; e-mail: osce-croatia@oscecro.org
Among the attendees are the Heads of OSCE Missions and Offices in Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo as well as the Montenegro office of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). The OSCE Romanian Chairmanship is represented by Deputy Personal Representative, Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu. Also represented are the OSCE Secretariat and the OSCE Institutions including the High Commissioner on National Minorities, the Representative on Freedom of the Media and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
The participants are discussing the political and security situation in South-eastern Europe including the political developments and future role of the OSCE in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. They are also addressing election-related issues with particular reference to Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the possible referendum in Montenegro.
Also addressed is the regional dimension of OSCE activities which include issues that are being dealt with by several Missions such as the return of refugees, property restitution, police training and the economic and environmental dimension of the OSCE work.
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For more information please contact Alessandro Fracassetti, Spokesperson, OSCE Mission to Croatia, tel.: 385 1 309 66 20, mobile: 385 91 1988 904, fax: 309 6297; e-mail: osce-croatia@oscecro.org