No State Which Shares OSCE Values Need Feel Isolated Or Abandoned Chairman Delivers Half-Year Report on Romania’S Term of Office

Vol.VIII No. 7 JULY/AUGUST 2001

NEWSLETTER Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

New High Commissioner takes over ...... 3 OSCE/Olejarnik Assistance group returns to Chechnya ...... 5 OSCE PA issues Paris Declaration ...... 7 Strengthening OSCE regional approach . . . 9 Fighting illicit trade in small arms ...... 10 Swiss Ambassador reflects on OSCE . . . . 12 Training police in Albania ...... 14 Photo of the month competition ...... 15 News from the field ...... 16 In brief ...... 18 Press profile ...... 19 Update from the ODIHR ...... 20 News from the HCNM ...... 24 Report from the OSCE PA ...... 25 News from the RFOM ...... 27 Report from the Secretariat ...... 28 The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, present- Public information materials ...... 31 ing his semi-annual report to the Permanent Council on 21 June No State which shares OSCE values need feel isolated or abandoned Chairman delivers half-year report on Romania’s term of office

he Organization for Security and advantages of our comprehensive mem- in order to carry the OSCE forward… Co-operation in Europe should bership, our geography, our co-operative The OSCE is not an organization which Tprovide “an umbrella of inclu- spirit and indeed our flexible way of makes headlines. Nevertheless, we have siveness”, offering its 55 participating operating. The OSCE can ensure that no taken some significant steps this year.” States a forum for raising the issues of State which shares its values need feel As its first achievement, he singled most concern to them and seeking the isolated or abandoned.” out the opening of the OSCE Mission in support of their colleagues and partners Approaching the half-way point of Belgrade, with a mandate covering such in finding the best solutions, according the year, the CiO described the achieve- areas as judicial reform, media, and to Romania’s Minister of Foreign ments of the Romanian Chairmanship, reform of election legislation in the Fed- Affairs, Mircea Geoana, the OSCE’s cur- and its goals for the remaining six eral Republic of Yugoslavia. rent Chairman-in-Office (CiO). months: “We believe in what we have “The OSCE’s role in establishing the Addressing the Permanent Council accomplished so far and we look forward multi-ethnic policing programme is cru- on 21 June, he said, “We have the unique to your continued support and initiatives cial to the implementation of confi-

1 dence-building measures agreed for able experience on the ground. It is is still much to do throughout the OSCE southern Serbia, contributing as it does already engaged in efforts to help local area to consolidate democracy and the to restoring the trust of the local com- communities, for example to restore the rule of law, to ensure free and fair elec- munity in the authorities”, he added. water supply in Kumanovo. But it can tions, to eliminate discrimination and A second accomplishment was the also make a positive contribution with intolerance, and to develop stronger civil return of the OSCE Assistance Group to confidence-building measures once the societies. The building of democratic Chechnya, which the Chairman-in- disarmament plan has been imple- institutions is a long-term goal in which Office (CiO) described as a “a long and mented: re-establishing confidence we must remain engaged. There is con- difficult process… I would like also to among the ethnic Albanian communi- siderable room for progress on the return pay tribute to the previous Chairmanship ties; promoting multi-ethnic proof displaced persons and refugees. for their perseverance and efforts in this grammes in the police and local admin- “These are messages… we will repeat regard. This success belongs to all of us”, istration. And they can contribute to and should repeat until they are heeded he said. long-term post-conflict efforts.” and the need for them has disappeared...” He also praised the agreement reached The second serious challenge, he However, he added that, as crucial as among participating States on the scale said, was the preparation of the elections the Human Dimension was, he also of contributions for large-scale missions in Kosovo: “The OSCE has a crucial role shared the views of those who believed which was a vital factor in keeping the in organizing and observing the elections in a more proactive effort on both the OSCE missions in the field. and to continue with our important pro- [Politico-Military] Security and Eco- “I have visited almost all our mis- grammes on police training and building nomic and Environmental fronts. sions now and continue to be impressed “We have to offer more to participat- by the dedication and energy of our field “The field ing States who are facing difficult situa- personnel”, he said. “Their activities and tions… Economic growth and human projects have a real impact on the daily missions rights are stunted by such conditions. lives of those they come into contact The economic divide is striking and with. They represent the real success represent the damaging. And it is compounded by the story of the OSCE. They deserve the threats from organized crime and from thanks and appreciation of all of us. I real success extremist movements, sometimes in con- should like to see much higher visibility cert, which exploit such situations mer- for what they do.” story of the cilessly. The result is more conflict, more poverty, less freedom. We should address Immediate challenges these issues”, he said. But no one could be fully satisfied OSCE” Other challenges included pressing with this half-year’s achievements as long a professional public service sector. I for full implementation of the Document as the conflict in the former Yugoslav would urge participating States to redou- on Small Arms and Light Weapons (see Republic of Macedonia continued, Mr. ble their efforts in providing the neces- story on pages 10 to 12). Geoana said. The situation was still of sary resources to accomplish this.” He also stressed the importance of enormous concern, not only for the sake He also called for progress on the regional co-operation as the means to of those most directly affected – “those issue of the legal capacity of the OSCE. approaching and solving problems: “The who have left their homes, those who “I would strongly urge a solution to this [South-Eastern Europe] Stability Pact have been injured, the families of those question before the end of the year.” Regional Conference will be held in who have been killed” – but also for its Bucharest this October. We have pro- effect on the stability of the whole region. Balancing the dimensions posed holding, back-to-back, a Confer- “The OSCE”, said the CiO, “is pre- The CiO reflected on the fact that the ence on developments in south-eastern pared to offer its capabilities and skills to year had been marked by discussion Europe as a means of re-energizing the people and Government of the former about the balance between the OSCE’s implementation of Pact programmes and Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as three dimensions of security. stimulating the participation of the pri- well as to the international community.” “The Human Dimension remains a vate sector in this programmes”, he sug- “The OSCE Mission has consider- core value which must be pursued. There gested.

NEWSLETTER 2 Vol. 8 No.7 “Access to equal opportunity, social ber in Bucharest, to consider a renewal standing issues from the 1999 Istanbul justice and prosperity should become a of the OSCE’s commitment to security Summit, chief among these being imple- common rule of action for all regions in and stability in south-eastern Europe. mentation of the commitments on Geor- the OSCE, not merely those which are “We should secure confirmation of gia and Moldova, with an increased role dominating world attention and media the OSCE rule of multi-ethnicity across of the OSCE in resolving the Trans- headlines. I should like to see the same our continent with clear results in polic- dniestrian crisis. opportunities open to other regions in the ing, education, local administration. We “We also need to keep our focus on OSCE area”, he said. should aim for a strong commitment to solving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This was why he had appointed as his make real progress on the return of We will continue to press the parties con- new Special Representative, Ambas- refugees and displaced persons. We cerned to make a real effort to bring these sador Hoeynck, the first Secretary Gen- should look for increased commitments open issues to a close. eral of the OSCE, to identify concrete on illegal trafficking and organized “The OSCE represents a common projects to benefit the Central Asian par- crime through regional and transregional commitment to building a united, secure, ticipating States. co-operation, with a clear OSCE role on free but diverse Europe. With your sup- trafficking and police training. We want port and co-operation, we will be closer The Bucharest Ministerial agreement on a strengthened Economic to our goal and leave our Chairmanship, Finally, he urged the Ministerial Dimension”, he added. with Europe a more secure place than Council, due to be held on 3 and 4 Decem- Progress was also needed on the out- when we started. New OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities takes up post As Max van der Stoel ends eight-and-a-half year term, Rolf Ekeus takes over

here was a changing of the guard Wiesbaden, Mr. van der Stoel referred to multi-ethnic States together after a con- at the office of the OSCE High the Sisyphean task of trying to keep flict had broken out. He noted that, TCommissioner on National “There are ways of preventing the Minorities at the end of June. Max nationalist stone always rolling back van der Stoel, who had been High on us”, but concluded, “we still need OSCE/ODIHR Commissioner since the office was to do a lot more in terms of investing established in 1993, handed over the in conflict prevention, acting on the post to Swedish diplomat, Rolf signs of early warning, and shoring Ekeus, on 1 July. up the foundations of multi-ethnic Mr. van der Stoel remained active States... The last century, indeed the until his last day in office (see last decade, has given us enough HCNM report in this issue). During warning of what happens if we fail.” a busy month, he also managed to On 22 June, a special OSCE Per- find time to attend a number of cere- manent Council (PC) meeting was monial events held in his honour. On held in honour of Mr. van der Stoel’s 12 June, he was awarded an honorary unique period of eight and a half years doctorate in law from University as High Commissioner. The meeting College London, and on 19 June he was preceded by the launch of a received the Peace Prize from the revised edition of his speeches, enti- Parliament of Hesse. Swedish diplomat, Rolf Ekeus, started his job as tled ‘Peace and Stability through At the acceptance ceremony in new High Commissioner on 1 July Human and Minority Rights’. In the

NEWSLETTER Vol. 8 No. 7 3 PC, statements by several serving and Copyright P. Schrank, The Economist, 11/9/99 retired senior statesmen were read out. These included the former President of Latvia, Guntis Ulmanis, former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Gen- scher, former President of Macedonia Kiro Gligorov, and the US President, George W. Bush. Congratulations and best wishes were conveyed to Mr. van der Stoel by several ambassadors to the OSCE on behalf of their governments. In a particularly poignant address, Ambas- sador Kai Eide of Norway described Mr. van der Stoel as belonging to “a genera- tion of giants in international affairs”. In his address to the PC, Mr. van der Stoel thanked the representatives of OSCE participating States for their years of co-operation. He noted that being High Commissioner had sometimes been a thankless job as he had sometimes been vilified by minorities and majori- ties. He also regretted the lack of public attention paid to conflict prevention and highlighted the problem of attracting sufficient resources to address tensions at an early stage: “We have to sharpen our tools and invest sufficient resources to ensure that we remain on the cutting edge of conflict prevention.” He cautioned that that there were lim- its to what the High Commissioner could do on his own; the international community must take “resolute, targeted, and timely” action to follow up on early warning. “If we do not respond effec- A cartoon from The Economist showing the first OSCE High Commissioner on tively to the early signs of trouble, pre- National Minorities, Max van der Stoel cious time will be lost. And sometimes so much damage is done in the interim that politicians and diplomats, the outgoing events elsewhere in the Balkans. . . When the possibility of preventing conflict High Commissioner said that the current the crisis broke, the international com- becomes very slim indeed. We can not situation in the former Yugoslav Repub- munity was caught off guard and forced afford to do little too late”, he warned. lic of Macedonia highlighted some of the to play catch up. Now we may be too This message was repeated in an problems which the international com- late.” address at a ceremony held in Mr. van der munity still faced when dealing effec- During the ceremony, the Foreign Stoel’s honour in the Senate of the tively with inter-ethnic conflict. Minister of the Netherlands, Mr. J. J. van Netherlands on 29 June in The Hague. In “As the storm clouds darkened” over Aartsen, announced the creation of a Van the company of a number of colleagues, Skopje earlier this year, “the interna- der Stoel Prize (worth 100,000 guilders) including former and service Dutch tional community was preoccupied with which will be awarded every two years to

NEWSLETTER 4 Vol. 8 No. 7 an individual or group performing out- activities and in implementing my rec- armament (CD) in Geneva from 1983 to standing work in the field of minority ommendations. Ethnic conflict remains a 1988 and Chairman of the CD’s negotia- protection. A new book about the High threat to security in Europe. We must tions on the Chemical Weapons Conven- Commissioner’s work, Quiet Diplomacy work together to reduce that threat so that tion from 1984 to 1987. He is still an in Action, was also launched at the cere- we may all live up to the expectations of active member of a number of advisory mony. ten years ago and consolidate an era of boards dealing with nuclear disarma- Mr. van der Stoel will not be leaving democracy, peace and unity in Europe.” ment and non-proliferation issues. the OSCE. On 29 June, he was appointed He is not new to the OSCE, but was Recently Mr. Ekeus has been prepar- as Personal Envoy to the OSCE Chair- active in its period as the Conference on ing two reports for the Swedish Govern- man-in-Office “to facilitate a dialogue Security and Co-operation in Europe ment. The first is an analysis and assess- and provide advice for a speedy solution (CSCE), during the post-Communist ment of Sweden’s security policy during to the current crisis in the former transition. He headed the Swedish dele- the Cold War. The second concerns the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”. gation to the CSCE from 1988 to 1992 political and military handling of foreign and played a key role in drafting the submarine intrusions into Swedish terri- Ekeus takes over Charter of Paris in November 1990. torial waters from 1980 to the present. Ambassador Rolf Ekeus took over Mr. Ekeus has had a distinguished He will remain Chairman of Govern- the position of High Commissioner on 1 career in the Swedish diplomatic service ing Board of the Stockholm International July. He has already begun his work in for some 40 years and has served his Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). earnest. During his first week in office country in Bonn, Nairobi, New York, and Asked about his early impressions of he visited Belgrade to address a regional the Hague. Most recently, he was Swe- the job, Mr. Ekeus said he was looking Ministerial Conference on National and den’s Ambassador to the United States. forward to an intensive engagement on Ethnic Communities in south-eastern Arms control and disarmament have questions concerning national minority Europe. He also took part in the tenth been recurrent themes in Mr. Ekeus’ issues and intends to build on the achieve- annual session of the OSCE Parliamen- career. He is best known for his work as ments of his predecessor. tary Assembly (PA) in Paris on 6 July. Executive Chairman of the United Mr. Ekeus told the parliamentarians, Nations Special Commission on Iraq The full text of Mr. van der Stoel’s “My approach, pursuant to my mandate (UNSCOM) where he led the weapons farewell speech in The Hague and an and the spirit of the OSCE, will be co- inspectors between 1991 and 1997. Pre- order form for the new book are both operative. But to be effective I will need viously he was Permanent Representa- available on the High Commissioner’s your support, both in backing up my tive of Sweden to the Conference on Dis- website: www.osce.org/hcnm OSCE Assistance Group returns to Chechnya The Assistance Group stands ready to facilitate a political settlement of the crisis in Chechnya, says Chairman-in-Office

early two and a half years to the Znamenskoye (northern Chechnya). Group. The CiO also underscored the day since the withdrawal of its “This is a major breakthrough for the need for full implementation of the Ninternational personnel, the Organization”, said the OSCE Chairman- Group’s mandate, as approved by the OSCE finally returned in June to Chech- in-Office (CiO) Romanian Foreign Min- OSCE Permanent Council in April 1995. nya, the strife-torn republic of the Rus- ister Mircea Geoana, in his address on the On the day of the official return of the sian Federation. Following extensive occasion of the official inauguration. OSCE to Chechnya, Mr. Geoana planning and preparatory work that had “Where there is a will there is a way”, he expressed his conviction that the OSCE already begun in 2000, the team of the said, expressing his satisfaction at the would be able to engage both the local OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya fruitful outcome of a difficult negotiation and federal authorities in Russia in a con- moved on 15 June into their offices in process on the return of the Assistance structive dialogue to the benefit of

NEWSLETTER Vol. 8 No. 7 5 OSCE/Kotek Chechnya, the Russian Federation as a whole, and the OSCE community. “An important phase of our effort has ended. The most difficult has yet to come. The Assistance Group stands ready to facilitate a political settlement of the crisis in Chechnya”, he said. The Assistance Group will be lead by the Romanian Ambassador, Alexandru Cornea, who officially took office on the day of the inauguration of the new offices of the Group. Two days before the inaugural ceremony, the director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Gerard Stoudmann, had paid a two-day visit to Chechnya to assess the human rights and humanitar- The Chairman-in-Office, Mircea Geoana (centre), together with the Head of the ian situation in the republic. His visit was OSCE Assistance Group to Chechnya, Alexandru Cornea (left), in Znameskoye at the invitation of Vladimir Kalamanov, the Presidential Human Rights represen- ker cease-fire agreements in the conflict the international staff of the Group were tative in Chechnya. taking place in Chechnya. Following the temporarily withdrawn to Moscow hostilities, the Assistance Group played a because the security situation in Chech- IDP camp leading role in the organization of the nya had deteriorated dramatically. The During his stay, Mr. Stoudmann and presidential elections, which were held OSCE offices in Grozny remained open his delegation visited a pre-trial detention in Chechnya on 27 January 1997. After until armed fighting broke out again in facility and a camp for internally dis- the elections, the focus of OSCE activi- 1999. placed persons. He also met the Repub- ties in Chechnya shifted to post-conflict From Moscow, the Group co-ordi- lic’s Prime Minister, Stanislav Ilyasov, rehabilitation, and involved facilitating nated the delivery of humanitarian aid and visited the local offices of Mr. Kala- the return of humanitarian organizations, and the implementation of projects manov in Grozny and Znamenskoye to promoting contacts with regard to pris- aimed at providing assistance to those assess how previous support provided by oner exchange, assisting with agree- affected by the conflict. In the months the ODIHR is being reflected in the ments on demining, and monitoring the following the Group’s withdrawal, the Office’s on-going operations. human rights situation. OSCE repeatedly prolonged the Group’s The OSCE Assistance Group origi- At this time, the OSCE was the only absence from Chechnya, due to the con- nally took up its duties on 26 April 1995. international organization present in tinuing difficult security situation in the In 1995 and 1996, the OSCE helped bro- Chechnya. However, in December 1998, republic.

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NEWSLETTER 6 Vol. 8 No. 7 OSCE PA’s Paris Declaration calls for more oversight and accountability in the OSCE Nearly 300 parliamentarians from over 50 countries attended the Tenth Annual Session of the Organization’s Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA), held this year in Paris OSCE/PA n the final day of the OSCE PA Annual Assembly, held from 6 Oto 10 July, the parliamentarians adopted a ‘Paris Declaration’, which included a unanimous resolution on strengthening transparency and accountability in the OSCE. The resolution included the proposal that, before making major decisions, the Ministerial Council should take into account the opinion of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) and explain how this has affected the result. The Assembly also recommended that, as long as the OSCE complied with the strict consensus rule, it should not be possible to participate in the decision- This year’s Parliamentary Assembly met in Paris at the Assemblée Nationale making process secretly and that objec- tions to any proposal must be made tion and international crime; and free- the Nordic Council. known to any interested OSCE partici- dom of the media, as well as resolutions During their meetings from 7 to 9 pating State or OSCE Institution. The on areas such as south-eastern Europe, July the three General Committees of the parliamentarians also called on the OSCE the northern Caucasus, Moldova and Assembly considered reports and draft Permanent Council to open its meetings Ukraine. resolutions dealing with the political, to the public. The Assembly re-elected the Roma- economic and human rights aspects of The resolution further called for the nian Member of Parliament, Adrian Sev- the central theme of the Tenth Annual reports of external and internal auditors erin, as its President for a second one- Session, `European Security and Con- of the OSCE to be made available to the year term. The United States Congress- flict Prevention: Challenges to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly “in a timely man, Alcee Hastings, and the MPs Kim- in the 21st Century`. manner”. The OSCE PA has established mo Kiljunen (Finland) and Ahmet Tan Prior to the opening of the Tenth an Ad hoc Committee to monitor the (Turkey) were elected as Vice-Presidents Annual Session, the Credentials Com- implementation of the transparency res- of the Assembly for a three-year term. mittee, chaired by Tone Tingsgaard MP olution and to promote transparency and The Annual Session was also (Sweden), heard testimonies from repre- accountability in the Organization. attended by observers from the Council sentatives of the Belarus National Assem- The Paris Declaration also contained of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, the bly and the Belarus 13th Supreme Soviet. resolutions on specific issues such as European Parliament, the NATO Parlia- The Committee presented their recom- abolition of the death penalty; the pre- mentary Assembly, the Assembly of the mendation – to leave the seat of the vention of torture, abuse, extortion or Western European Union, the Interpar- Belarus Delegation empty on the occa- other unlawful acts; combating traffick- liamentary Assembly of the Common- sion of the Paris Session – to the OSCE ing in human beings; combating corrup- wealth of Independent States (CIS), and PA Standing Committee, where no con-

NEWSLETTER Vol. 8 No. 7 7 sensus was reached on the language. As The Assembly, after hearing wel- The Assembly also heard presenta- a result, the Belarus seat remained empty. coming remarks by the Speaker of the tions by the President of the Council of French National Assembly, Raymond Europe Parliamentary Assembly, Lord Inaugural Plenary Session Forni, and the French Foreign Minister, Russell-Johnston, the President of the Opening the Inaugural Plenary Ses- Hubert Vedrine, was addressed by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Rafael sion, President Adrian Severin focused on OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Estrella, the President of the WEU Par- the specific leverages, ways and means Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea liamentary Assembly, Klaus Buhler, and that are available to parliamentarians to Geona. He paid tribute to the invaluable the Vice-President of the European Par- address the various types of crises and activities of the OSCE PA, saying, “The liament, Kees Wiebenga, as well as the conflicts. Parliamentarians can open additional influence which you bring to Representative of the Interparliamentary doors that only politicians can open, pre- bear on governments and parliaments Assembly of the CIS, Vitaliy Klimov. pare a favourable environment for the alike is significant. Your experience as The Paris Session also held its tradi- implementation of solutions and agree- legislators and elected representatives of tional Meeting of Women Parliamentari- ments negotiated by professional diplo- your own citizens gives you a unique ans. Chaired by the French MP, Mrs. Lig- mats, and promote political dialogue at advantage. Your voice may be heard in nieres-Cassou, it took the theme of the level of parliaments, political parties places where those of government rep- ‘Woman in Politics and the Implementa- and civil society. resentatives are disregarded.” tion of the OSCE Gender Action Plan’. He again pleaded for overcoming the Presentations were also given by the The participants heard presentations by democratic deficit in the OSCE, for open- OSCE Secretary General, Jan Kubis, the OSCE PA Vice-President and Chair of ness, accountability and transparency. “I new OSCE High Commissioner on the Kosovo Team, Rita Suessmuth, have constantly criticized the degenera- National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, the ODIHR Gender Adviser, Sonja Zimmer- tion of the principle of consensus into an OSCE Representative on Freedom of the mann, and OSCE Gender Adviser, Beat- abusive practice of secret consensus and I Media, Freimut Duve, and the Director rix Attinger Colijn. Deputy Secretary agreed with the CiO that a ‘Wisemen’s of the ODIHR, Gerard Stoudmann, as General Pentti Vaananen presented a Group’ should be constituted in order to well as the acting OSCE Co-ordinator for report on gender balance in OSCE Insti- prepare a draft blueprint containing pro- Economic and Environmental Affairs, tutions, prepared by the International posals for the OSCE’s reform”. Marc Baltes. Secretariat in Copenhagen. OSCE/PA OSCE Prize for dom of the Media, Freimut Duve, and the Journalism and Democracy Chair of the General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humani- During a special ceremony on 6 July, the tarian Questions, Gert Weisskirchen. Both 2001 OSCE Prize for Journalism and were closely involved in the establishment Democracy was presented to the widows of the prize and are still at the forefront of of the murdered journalists, Jose Luis its development and promotion. Lopez de Lacalle (Spain) and Georgiy President Severin recalled this was the Gongadze (Ukraine). The journalists were sixth award of what had become an impor- posthumously awarded the prize for their tant and well-recognized OSCE instru- furthering of OSCE values by intervening ment in the promotion of the freedom of in conflicts and secretive political envi- the media. He expressed gratitude to the ronments through their writings. Ms. donors who have made the prize possible Gongadze and Ms. Lopez received the through their generous financial contribu- shared award from the Speaker of the tions: Bertelsmann AG of Germany, the President of the National Assembly, Ray- French National Assembly, Raymond Bonnier Group of Sweden, Southam Inc. mond Forni, with Artolazabal de Lopez Forni. of Canada, Schibssted ASA of Norway de Lacalle, widow of the murdered Span- The ceremony also included presenta- and the George and Thelma Paraskevaides ish journalist Jose Luis Lopez de Lacalle tions by the OSCE Representative on Free- Foundation of Cyprus.

NEWSLETTER 8 Vol. 8 No. 7 Strengthening the OSCE regional approach to security in Central Asia The Chairman-in-Office held high level talks in four participating States last month

he need to make renewed efforts OSCE/Kotek toward a co-ordinated regional T approach was one of the key messages which the OSCE Chairman-in- Office (CiO), Mircea Geoana, conveyed to leaders and decision-makers in the four Central Asian countries that he visited between 3 and 8 June. Security issues such as international terrorism and organized crime, as well as illegal trafficking in drugs, weapons, and human beings could only be addressed by working together, across national boundaries. Without such an approach, no substantial steps could be taken to eradicate some of these “plagues” he said in Astana, Kazakhstan, during the first stop The Head of the Mission to Tajikistan, Marc Gilbert, greets the Chairman-in-Office, of a trip which also took him to Kyr- Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, at Dushanbe airport gyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. While emphasizing the tangible progress of democracy and the protection of valid for the coming ten years. “This is an that has been made in Central Asia in ful- human rights in the OSCE’s comprehen- excellent vehicle, which engages all par- filling OSCE commitments, Mr. Geoana, sive approach to security. “Respect for ties in a fruitful future for this nation”, who is also the Romanian Foreign Min- human rights, the proper functioning of Mr. Geoana said. ister, underlined the fact that much still democratic institutions and an indepen- The CiO offered his interlocutors, remained to be done. dent judiciary are directly linked to eco- who included the country’s President and In Astana, where he met the country’s nomic development”, he said. He urged the Speakers of both chambers of the President, Nursultan Nazarbaev, the CiO political leaders to pursue dialogue Kyrgyz Parliament, as well as the For- welcomed the constructive collaboration within the framework of the OSCE-pro- eign Minister, the OSCE’s assistance in of Kazakh authorities with the OSCE. He moted round table on elections, in order the fields of water, environment protec- outlined areas of continuous effort to produce tangible progress before the tion, good governance and transparency. needed in the fields of the judicial and upcoming local elections. On the human dimension, Mr. Geoana penitentiary systems, police and media stressed the importance of a sound dia- law. In his discussions, also with the Ten-year strategy logue with the Opposition. He welcomed Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister During his visit to Kyrgyzstan, the the three new draft laws currently under of Foreign Affairs and other political CiO welcomed that country’s commit- discussion, prepared with the participa- representatives, Mr. Geoana stressed the ment to the Comprehensive Develop- tion of the OSCE (on an Ombudsman importance of an integrated approach for ment Framework Programme developed institution, freedom of assembly, and other important regional issues, such as with the assistance of the World Bank. freedom of religion), urging that they water and energy. The programme is aimed at establishing fully comply with OSCE commitments. He also underlined the high priority an economic strategy for the country, On the third leg of his trip, in

NEWSLETTER Vol. 8 No. 7 9 Dushanbe, Tajikistan, the CiO was able asked for the implementation of the re- he met President Saparmurat Niyazov, to meet the country’s President, its Prime commendations of the OSCE Office for the Foreign Minister and the Parliamen- Minister, and the Chairmen of both Democratic Institutions and Human tary Chairman. He discussed the growth chambers of Parliament, as well as rep- Rights, made following the last parlia- of organized crime, drug trafficking, and resentatives of political parties, non-gov- mentary elections. As in other countries religious fundamentalism in the region. ernmental organizations (NGOs), and on this visit, the CiO encouraged the He also emphasized the importance of a media outlets. In these talks, he wel- authorities to take measures to reform free and independent media, the need for comed Tajik support for the OSCE’s the judiciary and transfer the prison sys- a strong civil society, and the protection regional approach to countering terror- tem to the justice ministry. He also sig- of rights of persons belonging to national ism and other cross-border threats, and nalled that the 10th anniversary of inde- minorities, as well as the abolition of exit emphasized the importance of the pendence would be an excellent oppor- visas and the removal of internal travel OSCE–Japan comprehensive security tunity to undertake a series of gestures restrictions. conference, held last December. such as releasing detainees, particularly The CiO laid particular emphasis on Mr. Geoana encouraged the Tajik women, from prisons. the importance of good governance and authorities to continue the ongoing polit- The CiO stressed the close links transparency, as well as the need to ical dialogue in the spirit of national re- between confidence-building, economic secure a strong civil service as a means conciliation, thus facilitating the post- development and governance: “Good gov- of strengthening the internal stability. He conflict rehabilitation process. He also ernance and transparency are key instru- also encouraged the Turkmen authorities gave support to efforts made by the ments for promoting economic growth to implement agreements that had authorities to foster the development of and increasing investment”, he stated. already been ratified, such as the Aarhus the Tajik women’s NGO sector. With In Ashgabad, Turkmenistan, where Convention on public access to informa- local elections approaching, Mr. Geoana the CiO concluded his Central Asia trip, tion in environmental matters. Focussing the world’s attention on the deadly illicit trade in small arms OSCE assists the international community in facing a major security challenge

The UN Conference on ‘The Illicit Trade Arms and Light Weapons has made a local populations, where their presence in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all substantial contribution to a high profile undermines attempts at conflict resolu- its Aspects’, which got underway on 9 conference on small arms at the United tion and impedes reconstruction efforts. July, is a reminder that the OSCE has Nations, and has also successfully stood As a regional group which includes already made a substantial contribution the test of the first phase of regional many arms producing and exporting to this high profile debate with its Docu- implementation. countries, the OSCE recognized early on ment on Small Arms and Light Weapons, The proliferation of small arms and its special responsibility to control trans- agreed in 2000. light weapons, generally taken to include fers and crack down on illegal gun run- all military-style man-portable weapons ning. After a year spent in patient negotia- from pistols to rocket launchers, has Consequently, the OSCE Document tions, the OSCE Forum for Security Co- been acknowledged as a growing secu- includes controls over the manufacture, operation, was able to agree last Novem- rity threat and humanitarian disaster. marking, export and brokering activities, ber on a comprehensive document which Small arms are used increasingly in civil as well as standards for stockpile security took the Organization a major step for- conflicts and organized crime, where and the destruction of surplus weapons. ward in its efforts to combat the uncon- they disproportionately affect civilians. It also elaborates a menu of measures for trolled spread of small arms and light In post-conflict situations, inadequate OSCE missions and other field activities, weapons. Hailed as a landmark agree- disarmament has left huge numbers of including involvement in weapons col- ment, the OSCE Document on Small illegal weapons in circulation among lection programmes.

NEWSLETTER 10 Vol. 8 No. 7 The Document passed its tives from missions in Georgia, first implementation test on 30 Moldova, Albania and the Fed- June, when participating States eral Republic of Yugoslavia all took part in a set of information shared information about their exchanges mandated by the current and potential involve- agreement. States shared infor- ment in weapons collection pro- mation on their national mark- Archive List Croatia Photo Vecernji grammes, among other projects. ing systems, their controls over In their conclusions, the co- small arms manufacture, their chairmen of the workshop – national legislation and current Paul Flaherty, the former co- practice on export policy and ordinator of the OSCE Docu- procedures, and their techniques ment, and Michael Miggins, the for destroying surplus weapons. director of the Conventional The information gathered Arms Control and Verification shows how far participating Section at NATO – stressed the States are implementing their potential role of the missions in commitments at the national moving implementation for- level. It will be studied in OSCE ward. They also underscored the capitals and will help inform a opportunities for co-operation discussion in the Forum for among regional organizations, Security Co-operation, when it particularly within the UN re-convenes in late August. framework. Discussions have also taken place on how to operationalize In Croatia, the Government marked the start of the Small Small arms destruction the section of the document Arms Conference in the United Nations by destroying a The UN Conference began which deals with conflict situa- large quantity of weapons on 9 July with an international tions. Some OSCE missions had day devoted to the destruction of established projects before the Docu- weapons: practical challenges for the small arms and light weapons. The call to ment was agreed, and have recently implementation of current undertakings destroy surplus arms was obviously increased their activities. in the OSCE and the EAPC’, provided an heard by the government of the Federal For example, the OSCE Presence in opportunity to team up with the Euro- Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which Albania has been monitoring the govern- Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), announced that it planned to destroy ment’s weapons collection programme which is made up of NATO member large number of small arms and light for some time, while the Mission in Geor- states and their partners. weapons, particularly those seized from gia has also been observing the voluntary The workshop brought together illegal traffickers. small arms handover programme of the national experts, as well as OSCE and The announcement was welcomed by Joint Peacekeeping Forces in South Osse- NATO staff. The OSCE’s Secretary Gen- the Head of the OSCE Mission to FRY, tia. With the help of a Norwegian dona- eral, Jan Kubis, updated participants on Stefano Sannino, as “further proof of tion, the Mission has recently provided progress made to date and urged partici- [the authorities’] commitment to comply office equipment to help administer the pating States to implement their national with their obligations laid down in OSCE programme in Georgia. commitments as soon as possible. He also documents, more specifically the OSCE welcomed the increased co-operation Document on Small Arms and Light Baku workshop with the EAPC and called on the organi- Weapons.” Implementation of small arms restric- zations to work with host governments in The Government of Croatia also tions recently received a boost when establishing pilot projects on the ground. marked the day by destroying 449 Switzerland and Azerbaijan co-hosted a Workshop participants were particu- weapons and 44,652 pieces of explosive workshop in Baku on 21 and 22 June. larly interested to hear from OSCE mis- ordnance. The destruction event was The event, entitled ‘Small arms and light sions and field activities. Representa- observed by foreign diplomats, includ-

NEWSLETTER Vol. 8 No. 7 11 ing the Deputy Head of the OSCE Mis- not just on dialogue and discussion, but Small Arms and Light Weapons, the sion to Croatia, Todd Becker. also on the development and implemen- OSCE could do still more. The aim of the conference in New tation of concrete initiatives that will “We can engage in more small-scale York was to agree a Programme of benefit those most in need”. disarmament activities, such as weapons Action for the United Nations, a politi- Divided opinion at the United collection. We can act to raise awareness cally binding declaration calling on Nations looked set (at the time of going of the dangers and of the needs, particu- member states to do more to stop illicit to press) to prevent agreement on a set of larly in those regions where international trafficking and reduce the global surplus strong commitments. But the Pro- community engagement is limited but of small arms. gramme of Action is likely to stress the where the OSCE is present through its Ambassador Alexandru Niculescu of important role of regional organizations, field missions. We can stimulate interna- Romania, addressing the conference on such as the OSCE, in developing stricter tional attention, advise states where to go behalf of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, standards to combat small arms traf- for help, provide a link between regional expressed the hope that the UN Pro- ficking. mechanisms, arrange training programme would draw upon many of the Anticipating this aspect during his grammes”, he said. commitments contained in the OSCE address to the OSCE Permanent Council “A priority area should be the Document. He also stressed the potential on 21 June, the Chairman-in-Office, strengthening of border services to com- for co-operation, saying, “At the OSCE Romania’s Foreign Minister, Mircea bat illegal trafficking without hampering we look forward to working with the UN Geoana, suggested that in pressing for legal cross-border trade and the free and other international organizations, full implementation of the Document on movement of people.” ‘If the political will is there, we can also act’ Marianne von Grünigen reflects on the evolution of the CSCE/OSCE

In this interview, Marianne von Grüni- when I served in Moscow from 1982 to gen, Head of the Swiss Delegation to the OSCE 1986. I also thought it was an important OSCE from 1997 until the end of May task to negotiate confidence- and secu- this year, provides an insider’s account of rity-building measures; however I was how the Conference on Security and Co- convinced that we not only needed such operation in Europe (CSCE) evolved into measures in the politico-military areas, the OSCE, the largest regional security but also in the human dimension. That Organization in the world. was the early impression that I had.

Newsletter: What were your first impres- When you were in Moscow, what practi- sions of the CSCE process? cal measures to implement the Helsinki principles were you involved in? My first impressions were that it was an excellent achievement to start a polit- Of course it was impossible in those ical process in Europe where East and days that the dissidents should visit the West were sitting around the table and Swiss Embassy. But we frequently made trying to work towards a better under- Marianne von Grünigen attending her last démarches in the Foreign Ministry, stat- standing, especially to be active on session of the OSCE Permanent Council ing for instance that we had heard of behalf of people who suffered on the some events and appealing to the author- other side of what was then called the at this stage. I then had some practical ities to stop ill-treatment or for the “Iron Curtain”. I was intellectually very opportunities to contribute to the imple- release of the dissident concerned. much in support of all these activities, mentation of some of the principles and One of the people that we particularly even though I was not directly involved commitments of the Helsinki Final Act, took care of was Professor Sakharov. He

NEWSLETTER 12 Vol. 8 No. 7 was held in those days with his wife in After a period in Egypt, you became traditional ties with the area. We have Gorky and we were very worried about involved again with the OSCE in 1997 as done a lot particularly for Bosnia and his health and future. Head of the Swiss Delegation. Had the Herzegovina. It was our role when we This kind of intervention, on behalf OSCE changed? held the Chairmanship to build up the of quite a lot of other dissidents as well, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegov- was a direct implementation of the The great satisfaction was that the ina, and we still keep in touch very Helsinki Final Act. OSCE has really become an Organiza- closely. tion for crisis management. When I Recently, we have given an important How would you evaluate the overall returned, we focused on Bosnia and sum, 200,000 Swiss francs, to assist the development of the CSCE, up to the point Herzegovina, Albania, then Croatia. Representative on Freedom of the Media when it became an Organization in 1994? Very soon our main burden became to set up the new mobile.culture.con- Kosovo with moments of high tension, tainer project for the young people of the The crucial point was 1989, when the like the evacuation of the Kosovo Verifi- Balkans and I was in Tuzla for the open- Berlin Wall crumbled. For me it was a cation Mission, and intensive work to ing. This is a very good example of how particular event, because I came back build up the new Mission in Kosovo in the OSCE can continue to contribute and from Helsinki to Bern to be responsible, close co-operation with the United how my country can also maintain its among other topics, for the CSCE on 6 Nations Interim Administration. Here we contribution. November 1989. On 9 November, the realized that we had acquired the experi- Berlin Wall was starting to fall to pieces. ence to be effective in such delicate situ- How important to the OSCE is co-oper- In that period, the crucial question ations, but also that we still had to ation with other international organiza- was: has the CSCE now fulfilled its improve our means. tions? tasks? Can we say – wonderful, East- The unique possibility of the OSCE West problems have been overcome, or is to be ready on the spot earlier than any Since the adoption of the Platform should we say we have to try to find out other organization. Our mechanisms for Co-operative Security in Istanbul in what we can do with the CSCE in order today are such that, if the political will is 1999, this co-operation has again to make it also useful in this post-cold there, we can also act. improved. Especially in a crisis situation, war period? The answer was the Charter it is of paramount importance that the of Paris. I am very happy until now that How would you typify the role of your various international organizations do the answer was positive. country in the development of the not compete, but co-operate. The most What we in Switzerland, and I per- CSCE/OSCE? recent example is the former Yugoslav sonally, thought from the beginning was Republic of Macedonia. The OSCE, the that the CSCE could survive if it Switzerland has from the very begin- European Union crisis management, as becomes operational. One of my real ning been very active in the CSCE, from well as other players, have to be mutually desires was that we would go into the elaborating the Final Act, to being instru- supportive and thus strengthen their countries with a potential for crisis. mental in encouraging the Mediter- common endeavours in order to achieve Even though the table with 55 dele- ranean dimension and of course, in tangible results. In this network, each gations would still remain necessary for establishing the Court for Conciliation organization has its own specializations negotiation and political dialogue, we and Arbitration, which in our view could to contribute. Beside its excellent post should also have the possibility of talk- be, if properly used, a very important conflict activities, the OSCE should, I ing directly to the authorities and work- instrument of our organization. think, still improve its awareness and ing together with the population in the Not being a member of the United readiness in the phases of early warning field, aiming at more stability. And this is Nations, the OSCE has also offered us an and conflict prevention. While we can what we have today with the missions outstanding opportunity to have a voice further refine our capacities for early and the activities of the Office for Demo- in the political framework outside our action, we also have to keep in mind that cratic Institutions and Human Rights, the own country. For example, we give a cer- effective prevention is not only a ques- High Commissioner on National Minori- tain priority through the OSCE to the tion of instruments, but also and mainly ties, and the Representative on Freedom Balkans; we have a lot of people from the a question of political will and political of the Media. region living in Switzerland and we have sensitivity. Still too often we are sur-

NEWSLETTER Vol. 8 No. 7 13 prised by events and have not done fore consider this comprehensive First of all, I think visibility is impor- enough to eliminate the root causes of a approach to security more actively also tant for the populations of the countries potential conflict. in practice. I could imagine, for instance, in which we are operating. That is one that the Permanent Council would point. How well-balanced and effective is the become the sort of top organ for all three Visibility is also very important for OSCE’s three dimensional approach to dimensions, to give more coherence to our own countries, the participating security? the policy. This would give a positive sig- States, because we need the support of nal to those who complain that they are our governments, very often even of our I think there is still a need to only criticized on the basis of the human parliaments, for our activities, in partic- strengthen all three dimensions of the dimension and that we do not do any- ular when we need a considerable OSCE – politico-military, economic and thing for them in the other dimensions. amount of money at once. When the pub- environmental and human – at the same Other institutional ideas might be con- lic, when parliament, when our authori- time. For example, when we recognize in sidered as useful. The most important ties know more about the Organization some countries a deterioration of the point is to improve the balance, and that for Security and Co-operation in Europe, human rights situation, this often goes this balance is also visible here in not just through reports, they can get a together with a deterioration of the econ- Vienna. more objective idea of what the OSCE omy. These two elements are inter-con- does and how it operates, and they are nected and can even influence the over- Are you in favour of more visibility for more inclined to support the Organiza- all security situation. We should there- the Organization? tion politically and financially. OSCE Presence in Albania trains police trainers in dealing with gender issues

Throughout the Balkans law enforce- Women: Domestic Violence, Prostitu- ment officials struggle with gender tion, and Trafficking’. issues that defy traditional methods of A human rights trainer formerly training. In Albania, police are often with the Western European Union

challenged by gender-based violent Albania OSCE/Presence in police training mission and trainers crimes that demand a new approach. from the National Network against To that end, the OSCE has dedicated Gender Violence and Trafficking col- extensive resources toward re-educa- laborated to update the course mate- tion and training. rial and to deliver the training. The participants were already Last month, the OSCE Presence in instructors at the Police Institute and Albania successfully completed a the Police Academy, and training tech- training course for Albanian police The OSCE/ODIHR and the OSCE Presence in niques used were interactive and par- trainers at the Police Institute in Albania organized a special training course for ticipatory. Case studies and role-plays Tirana, focusing on issues of gender, police trainers on gender-based issues specific to Albania were used effec- specifically gender roles and stereo- tively throughout the week. types, domestic violence, and traffick- The core material for the training was The course was very well received ing. Financed by the Anti-Trafficking drawn from a course originally prepared and three main reasons for its success Unit of the OSCE Office for Democratic in June 2000 by the OSCE/ODIHR, were identified. First, the police trainers Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), together with the United Nations Office had been unaware of the work of the the course, conducted from 25 to 29 June, of the High Commissioner for Human Albanian NGOs in the network and that was attended by 12 police instructors. Rights, entitled ‘Policing the Rights of such national expertise on those issues

NEWSLETTER 14 Vol. 8 No. 7 existed. Secondly, the trainers admittedly Colonel Hiqmet Buzi, who also attended with the OSCE in future to develop a pro- had only superficial knowledge of the the training said afterwards: “I was very gramme that would deploy these police issues and did not know that existing leg- impressed with the content of the course trainers, together with trainers from the islation could be effectively used to pros- and I intend to see that it becomes part of Network against Gender Violence and ecute perpetrators of domestic violence the curriculum of the Police Institute.” Trafficking, to every police commis- and trafficking. Lastly, the trainers had The OSCE also invited the Public sariat in Albania. Such a programme never been fully sensitized to the rights Relations Director of the Ministry of would aim to raise the awareness and of victims of gender-based violence and Public Order to observe the training. expertise of the police who are currently to the policing such violence requires. Both directors have subsequently in the field and who work directly with The Director of the Police Institute, expressed their commitment to work victims of gender-based violence. OSCE ‘Photo of the month’ competition Jens Eschenbaecher/OSCE

Albanian citizens marking their ballots during the parliamentary elections held on 24 June

s part of its online photo- the work of the Organization, its mis- phers and agencies. No monetary com- graphic archive, the Press and sions and institutions. pensation can be offered but full credit A Public Information Section has The winner, shown above, depicts will be given. The best submission will launched an OSCE ‘Photo of the month’ Albanian citizens marking their ballots be featured as OSCE ‘photo of the competition. The winner for July 2001 during the parliamentary elections held month’. For more information, please can be found on the OSCE online photo on 24 June (taken by Jens Eschen- contact Josue Anselmo, Spokesperson, archive – www.osce.org/photos – where baecher/OSCE). OSCE Secretariat, tel.: +43-1 514 36-180, interested photographers, media and The OSCE will accept submissions fax: +43-1 514 36 105, e-mail: other users can browse images relating to to the archive from freelance photogra- [email protected]

NEWSLETTER Vol. 8 No. 7 15 News from the field

The OSCE currently has Missions or other field activities in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo (Yugoslavia), Latvia, Skopje (the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace- donia), Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Yugoslavia. The following brief reports reflect some of the recent work which these field operations have undertaken.

Training seminar held for assist the development of a strong civil media. Democracy House provides Kosovo civil servants society holding public bodies account- meeting space and facilities and also The OSCE-run Institute of Civil Admin- able to citizens,” said Valentin Mitev, offers a venue for training courses and istration (ICA) in Kosovo co-ordinated a Acting Head of the Mission’s Civil Soci- meetings. Until earlier this year, the Mis- three-day seminar in Pristina from 7 to 9 ety Division. sion had been establishing separate polit- June for new civil servants. The seminar, ical party centres, NGO resource centres aimed at providing professional adminis- Police school hosts Kosovo and community centres (the first tration tools, was part of a series of train- 2001 Youth Congress resource centre opened in Peja/Pec 20 ing programmes designed to assist the The OMIK-run Kosovo Police Service months ago). But now with political par- new local government structures in their School (KPSS) in Vushtrri/Vucitrn ties, NGOs and the media all working tasks. “This seminar’s goal is to assist the hosted the 2001 Youth Congress from 26 from one building, they should be able to Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in to 29 June. The event, which brought share ideas and establish natural net- developing a professional approach to together representatives of many of the works. the complicated work of running munic- province’s different communities, was ipal assemblies”, said Bjorn Ahren, head organized by the UN Development Pro- Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina of OSCE’s Division of Civil Administra- gramme and the International Rescue receive media training tion Support. “This is fundamental in Committee as part of the Youth Post- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herze- providing a functioning municipal struc- Conflict Participation Programme. A govina (BiH) concluded a training ture for Kosovo.” Discussions during the comprehensive series of workshops was course on 8 June for spokespersons and seminar focused on the tools needed for held over the four days, and discussions representatives of all police-related long-term municipal planning, including took place on the future of the youth agencies from the country’s two entities: leadership skills, staff recruitment and NGO sector. “We’re very happy to be the Federation and the Republika Srpska. development, and the division of respon- involved in this event and make our facil- The course was held in collaboration sibilities between the CEOs and assem- ities available to the young people who’ll with the International Police Task Force bly presidents. be taking part,” said Steve Bennett, of the United Nations in BiH. “Police director of the KPSS. “The opportunities have a very important role in keeping the Enhanced role envisaged for young people from the different com- public trust, perhaps more important that for NGOs in Kosovo munities to meet and talk are few and far any other official body because the On 16 June, the OSCE Mission in between in Kosovo today. But the Police police have so much contact with the Kosovo (OMIK) and the Assembly of School is itself a multi-ethnic environ- public,” said Regan McCarthy, the Direc- Kosovo non-governmental organizations ment and, therefore, a place where they tor of the Mission’s Media Affairs (NGOs) hosted a consultative meeting to can all interact and get to know each Department. “This is why police need improve co-operation. The main purpose other without fear.” spokes-persons who can provide the of the meeting was to build a sense of public and the media with accurate, cred- local ownership within the NGO com- OSCE Mission opens first ible and timely information. Nothing can munity in the province. Topics also ‘Democracy House’ in Peja/Pec replace this in a democratic society.” included the development of a sustain- On 7 July, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo able and effective infrastructure to serve officially inaugurated Democracy House Abkhaz and South Ossetian drug and represent the NGO communities in in Peja/Pec, bringing under one roof specialists attend OSCE conference the region. “We are hopeful that three vital components of Kosovo soci- On 21 and 22 June, drug specialists from Kosovo’s NGOs will work together to ety – political parties, NGOs and the Abkhazia and South Ossetia participated

NEWSLETTER 16 Vol. 8 No. 7 in an OSCE-sponsored meeting held ODIHR and OSCE Centre in Almaty. tion for Migration and the United Nations in Sukhumi, Georgia. The discussions Development Fund for Women. It focused emphasized the prevention of drug abuse Tashkent conference focuses on a recently finalized report on traffick- and the treatment of drug addicts, in par- on pre-trial investigation ing in women and children, which was the ticular the difficulties surrounding Judicial supervision over pre-trial inves- result of pilot research partly financed by methadone programmes. The need for tigation in Uzbekistan was the topic of a the ODIHR. This has now been submit- joint initiatives was repeatedly stressed. meeting held in Tashkent on 1 and 2 ted to the Tajik Government for com- “This has been a very fruitful and essen- June, jointly organized by ODIHR, the ments and suggestions. The round table tial meeting for further development and OSCE Centre in Tashkent, and the Amer- concluded with the working group’s rec- co-operation among medical doctors in a ican Bar Association Central and East ommendation for raising awareness field where there should be no borders”, European Law Initiative. The 40 partici- within Tajikistan and for amending the said a Georgian doctor, Gela Lejava. An pants represented the judiciary, the pros- criminal code to offer more protection to Abkhaz colleague, Jansug Anua, added: ecutor’s office, the advocates’ associa- the victims of trafficking. “One of the important results of the tion, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, meeting was the establishment of profes- as well as experts from the Russian Fed- Ukrainian judges visit Polish sional contacts, and conducive to this eration, Moldova and the United King- Administrative Court was the friendly and warm atmosphere at dom. The agenda included a review of A group of Ukrainian judges from three the event.” Uzbek national criminal procedure legis- different levels of courts met their Polish lation relating to investigation practices, colleagues last month to learn more about Almaty Centre arranges third round and a presentation of international stan- the experience of Polish administrative table on elections in Kazakhstan dards related to judicial supervision over justice. The visit, from 18 to 22 June, was Under the auspices of the OSCE Centre the pre-trial investigation. Recommen- organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordi- in Almaty, a third round table meeting on dations regarding the implementation of nator and the Supreme Court of Ukraine elections took place in Astana, capital of relevant international standards in as the first phase of the project entitled, Kazakhstan, on 11 June. Like the earlier Uzbekistan were drawn up and presented ‘Creation of model administrative courts”. meetings, its purpose was to improve to appropriate state officials. “The Professor Roman Hauser, President of election legislation by implementing the OSCE considers that the procedures in the High Polish Administrative Court in recommendations in ODIHR’s Final Uzbekistan should be based on interna- Warsaw, invited the judges to share with Report on the October 1999 Parliamen- tional requirements relating to arrest and them Polish experiences in the creation tary Elections. Special attention was paid detention, treatment of detainees, prohi- of the administrative court system. For to the issue of sanctions and remedies for bition of torture, admission of evidence the first two days, the judges worked in violations of election legislation, and and fair trial,” said Gantcho Gantchev, the Warsaw court and then in one of its electoral dispute resolution procedures. Head of the OSCE Centre in Tashkent. branches in Gdansk. During discussion Participants also discussed the draft table with the President and other judges, the of proposed amendments to the Law on Meeting on trafficking in human Ukrainian participants learned about the Elections, prepared within the frame- beings held in Tajikistan existing system of administrative justice work of the round table process. The Vice A working round table on 21 June brought in Poland, and its organization and func- President of the OSCE Parliamentary together representatives of the Tajik tioning. Issues of special interest were Assembly, Ihor Ostash, acted as modera- authorities and the judiciary, as well as the administrative court procedure and tor. The Round Table brought together NGOs and the media, for discussions on the management of cases. As a next step various government representatives and how to combat the trafficking of human in the project, a training visit to German representatives from international orga- beings. The meeting was jointly organized Administrative Courts is planned for 2 to nizations and embassies, as well as the by the OSCE, the International Organiza- 9 September.

NEWSLETTER Vol. 8 No. 7 17 IN BRIEF On 14 June, the the way you operate after the elections is told the Permanent Council, “In our Chairman in Office also very important”, he told Kosovo opinion, increased co-operation could (CiO), Romanian leaders. Describing the polls as a turning include the development and co-ordina- Foreign Minister point, he said: “You need to send out a tion of crisis management tools…, the Mircea Geoana message that the elections are run prop- ensuring of interoperability through announced the erly. There has to be a sense of progress compatible methods and standards, appointment of Dr. in Kosovo.” “We will never give up our using the OSCE expertise in democracy Wilhelm Hoeynck, the first Secretary policy of working towards a truly multi- building…, the promotion of human General of the OSCE, as his Personal ethnic, inclusive society”, he added. rights…, the politico-military field… Representative for tasks in support of the and EU support for OSCE activities in participating States in Central Asia. As The OSCE Ministerial Troika, rep- geographic areas where the OSCE has an part of his mandate, Ambassador resented by the Romanian Foreign Min- extensive field presence.” Höynck will identify future OSCE pro- ister Mircea Geoana, the Secretary Gen- jects that could be implemented on a eral of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, The Parliamentary Troika (the regional level in Central Asia. “Our co- Albert Rohan, and Portugal’s Foreign European Parliament together with the operation with our Central Asian parti- Minister, Jaime Gama, met on 20 June in Parliamentary Assemblies of the Council cipating States is essential, as only con- Bucharest. The Ministers discussed cur- of Europe and the OSCE) have called, crete and clear-cut regional projects will rent issues of concern to the OSCE, together with several other institutions, make a significant contribution to the among them recent developments in the for the OSCE’ s Office for Democratic security and stability of the region,” said former Yugoslav Republic of Macedo- Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) the CiO. One of Mr. Hoeynck’s first tasks nia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to organize a long- and short-term Inter- was to visit the five participating States the Caucasus, Belarus, the Republic of national Observation Mission for the in Central Asia. During his trip, from 17 Moldova and Central Asia. Other parti- presidential elections in Belarus, sched- to 28 June, he met with governmental, cipants were the OSCE Secretary Gen- uled for 9 September. This emerged after bilateral and international authorities, eral, Jan Kubis, the Director of the Office consultations in Paris on 5 July between and followed up on discussions initiated for Democratic Institutions and Human representatives of the Troika and the by the CiO during his visit to the region Rights (ODIHR), Gerard Stoudmann, European Commission, the current Bel- earlier in June. the OSCE Representative on Freedom of gian European Union Presidency, the the Media, Freimut Duve, and, repre- OSCE Chairmanship, the ODIHR and On 18 and 19 June, OSCE CiO met senting the President of the OSCE Par- the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring the Albanian political leaders, Ibrahim liamentary Assembly, its Deputy Secre- Group in Belarus, as well as the US- Rugova, Hashim Thaci and Ramush tary General Pentti Vaananen. based National Democratic Institute. Haridinaj, as well as the Serbian leaders However, this decision will be reviewed Dusan Ristic, Dragan Velic and Stojan On 27 June, Anna Lindh, Swedish in light of further developments in the Jovanovic, in the Kosovo capital, Pristina. Foreign Minister and the outgoing Euro- election process, with the registration of He also held meetings with the Head of pean Union President, addressed the candidates constituting the most sensi- the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. In tive phase of the process prior to the Hans Haekkerup, and with the Comman- her speech, she emphasized the two orga- actual elections. In their meeting, the der of KFOR, Lt. Gen. Thorstein Ski- nizations’ joint efforts in the western European institutions noted with con- aker. The CiO’s visit focused on the Balkans and in other OSCE regions. She cern a number of serious deficits in the forthcoming Kosovo-wide elections, and also paid special attention to the issue of framework conditions for the elections, the impact these would have on the crisis prevention, which had recently and appealed to the Belarusian authori- development of the region. The problems been made a clear priority at the Euro- ties to adopt a strict policy of non-inter- of organized crime, corruption and traf- pean Council Meeting in Göteborg. With ference in the election process and of ficking in human beings were also regard to the principles and modalities of non-discrimination against potential raised. “Elections will be important, but future EU-OSCE relations, Ms. Lindh contenders and their supporters.

NEWSLETTER 18 Vol. 8 No. 7 years, opposition newspapers have been Reuters in Vienna, showed that the group PRESS PROFILE closed and regulations against demonstra- is to pay for a 25-man, armed Russian Jus- Excerpts from tions tightened. The country is embroiled tice Ministry protection squad. That international media in a bitter row with the OSCE, which agreement has angered some Western coverage of the wants to train thousands of observers to countries, which believe Russian forces OSCE and its monitor the polls. Officials have accused have been guilty of large-scale human activities over the OSCE of training spies.’ rights violations in their fight against sep- recent weeks. aratist rebels. A Russian spokesman for CENTRAL ASIA the Chechnya campaign called the deal HIGH COMMISSIONER with the OSCE a normal security contract ON NATIONAL MINORITIES BBC News, 10 June and said the Justice Ministry men needed ‘The acting head of the European arms to provide security.’ Die Presse, 25 June security organization, the OSCE, has Take a curtain call, please! warned that a failure to develop democ- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, ‘During his eight and a half years as racy in Central Asia makes the region 15 June High Commissioner on National Minori- more vulnerable to extremism – espe- ‘The agreement has apparently caused ties, Max van der Stoel never intended to cially Islamic extremism. Mircea Geoana, disappointment among some Western be a media magnet. Never looking for the who is the Romanian foreign minister, participating States. They note with con- bold headlines, he preferred discreet dis- was speaking after a six-day tour which cern that “the OSCE is arming the Rus- cussions behind closed doors with the took him to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, sians.” The misgivings were however not opposed factions. His discretion not only Tajikistan and Turkmenistan… He said strong enough to stop the agreement.’ prevented the media obtaining some good the organization was offering help with stories and the OSCE obtaining a better issues of security, the economy and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 15 June public image as an efficient conflict reso- environment, to encourage the Central ‘The decision on whether the lution institution. It also helped him to Asian states to move more aggressively to observers will be able to visit a specific succeed in defusing potentially dangerous develop democracy.’ region will therefore be with the Russian conflicts in Estonia, Lithuania, and in the military. Under these circumstances, it Ukraine, and so to possibly prevent one or CHECHNYA (RF) will be unlikely that the OSCE could the other larger blood bath in Europe. This investigate any fresh signs of war Dutchman, Max van der Stoel, has also Reuters, 13 June crimes… At best, the OSCE representa- rendered an excellent service to Europe ‘Russia has agreed to allow a mission tives would be able to report on the prob- by his intervention for the cause of from the OSCE to return to battle-scarred lems in the Republic and serve the public minorities and his engagement against Chechnya, the security and human rights with unbiased facts.’ nationalism. Mr. van der Stoel can now watchdog said on Wednesday. The team take a curtain call - he really deserves the will monitor alleged human rights viola- Interfax, 15 June applause of Europe.’ tions in the embattled region on Russia’s ‘The reopening of the OSCE Assis- southern flank and support the provision tance Group office in Chechnya is a BELARUS of relief supplies and assistance for recognition of the significant progress refugees. Romanian Ambassador Liviu made in normalizing the situation there, Reuters, 14 June Bota, whose country holds the OSCE experts in the office of presidential aide ‘Western governments have expressed chairmanship this year, told Reuters a Sergei Yastrzhembsky told Interfax on concern about whether the election will be four-member team would re-establish a Friday. This event will hopefully promote free and fair. Belarus has been criticized mission in Znamenskoye, northern peaceful life in Chechnya and contribute for its failure to implement effective eco- Chechnya, in the next few days.’ to humanitarian aid and rebuilding demo- nomic and democratic reform and major cratic fundamentals there, they said. Rus- foreign lending programmes are on hold. Reuters, 14 June sia has never obstructed the group’s oper- A number of President Lukashenko’s ‘Controversy has marked the OSCE’s ation or resumption of its activities in the opponents have disappeared in recent return. Internal documents obtained by framework of the group’s mandate, within

NEWSLETTER Vol. 8 No. 7 19 Russian legislation and in close co-opera- Geoana, arrived on Monday in Skopje for Dniestria region of Moldova. “The tion with the federal authorities, the talks with the Macedonian head of state, OSCE, Russia and Dniestria signed a experts said.’ Boris Trajkovski. Geoana is also going to joint protocol to destroy the ammunition meet with the four leaders of the parties of and to build a plant to do that. The OSCE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC the coalition government, who are at this is ready to finance that project,” William OF MACEDONIA moment taking part in the crisis talks. Hill, head of the OSCE’s permanent mis- Among other things, the OSCE chairman sion to Moldova, told a news conference. International Herald Tribune, 8 June wanted to talk with them about how to end “It is a breakthrough in the work to ‘To avoid all-out war and lay the foun- the conflict and OSCE’s role in a possible remove Russian arms from Moldova,” he dations of an enduring peace, the interna- disarming of the UCK.’ said… In the past, OSCE member coun- tional community should make a major tries have said they were ready to pledge investment in diplomacy now. Specifi- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, up to $30 million to destroy and with- cally, a multilateral institution with expe- 21 June draw Russia’s military arsenal from rience in peace building should establish ‘The international mediators are still Moldova.’ a major presence throughout Macedonia, hoping for a successful outcome of the charged with collecting detailed informa- Macedonian talks. The Chairman-in- NAGORNO-KARABAKH tion on every contentious aspect of soci- Office of the OSCE, Romanian Foreign CONFLICT ety… The natural organization to under- Minister Mircea Geoana, said on take such a mission is the OSCE. It should Wednesday in Bucharest at a meeting of Reuters, 2 June immediately deploy a large number of the OSCE Troika that “concrete results” ‘Azeri President Haydar Aliyev said political officers, perhaps 200, through- must have been reached by the coming on Saturday chances for talks with Arme- out the country for one or even two years Monday.’ nia over the disputed territory of to make detailed assessments of each Nagorno-Karabakh were even slimmer community’s grievances about the other MOLDOVA after his meeting with Armenian Presi- and their visions of the future.’ dent Robert Kocharyan… Armenia has Reuters, 21 June already said the talks, sponsored by the Süddeutsche Zeitung, 19 June ‘The OSCE said on Thursday it was OSCE and designed to help bring an end ‘The current chairman of the OSCE, ready to finance the destruction of Rus- to the 13-year-old conflict, were put on Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Dan sia’s military arsenal in the breakaway indefinite hold.’ UPDATE from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is located at Aleje Ujazdowskie 19, PL-00 557 Warsaw, Poland, tel.: (+48-22) 520 06 00, fax: (+48-22) 520 06 05, e-mail: [email protected]

ODIHR delegation pays two-day support the office of the Presidential observed interviews with complainants, fact-finding visit to Chechnya Human Rights Special Representative in and met two Council of Europe experts A delegation, headed by ODIHR Chechnya, Vladimir Kalamanov, who attached to Mr. Kalamanov’s staff at the Director Gerard Stoudmann, visited had arranged the visit. main office in Znamenskoye. The delega- Chechnya on 13 and 14 June on a fact- The ODIHR delegation was able to tion also visited a camp at Znamenskoye finding mission to assess the human assess how Mr. Kalamanov’s staff in for internally displaced persons, and met rights and humanitarian situation in the Chechnya were working with a caseload the head of the local administration. republic. A primary focus of the visit was management database, designed by In Grozny, the delegation met the to evaluate the impact of ODIHR pro- ODIHR, to log and track individual Head of the Administration of the jects undertaken over the past year to human rights complaints. They also Chechen Republic, Ahmad Kadyrov, and

NEWSLETTER 20 Vol. 8 No. 7 by sharing with the OSCE discusses how to promote participants some of tolerance and non-discrimination our operational expe- Delegations from OSCE participat- rience of dealing with ing States, OSCE institutions and field a diverse society that operations, and international and non- has had to cope with governmental organizations, gathered on considerable unrest, 18 and19 June in Vienna to discuss how we can help them better to promote tolerance and non-dis- develop solutions to crimination in the OSCE area. The occa- the problems here.” sion was the second Supplementary Both he and his col- Human Dimension Meeting of 2001, league Sgt. Stephen organized by the Romanian Chairman- Boddy have visited ship of the OSCE in co-operation with Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann visits a camp for internally the country before, in the ODIHR. displaced persons in Znamenskoye the context of an The meeting provided a valuable ODIHR project aimed forum to consider experiences in the Prime Minister Stanislav Ilyasov. A sep- at reforming the police academy. OSCE region in the run-up to the United arate meeting with judges and prosecu- Andreas Raab, Political Adviser of Nations World Conference against tors focused on the ongoing efforts to the OSCE Mission to Skopje, said the ‘Racism, racial discrimination, xenopho- restore a functioning judiciary and on the organizers were pleased with the atmo- bia and related intolerance’, due to take need to fully investigate human rights sphere at the meetings, in particular, the place in Durban, South Africa, in violations and bring perpetrators to jus- openness with which the participants September. tice. Also in Grozny, the delegation met interacted. Three blocks of issues were discussed Mr. Kalamanov’s local staff at one of Similar workshops for other areas in working sessions: education including three branch offices in the city, and vis- will be held during July. “These are one school materials and textbooks; legal and ited a pre-trial detention facility. of the very few confidence-building administrative means; and multicultural The delegation’s findings have been measures being organized at the moment relations. In each working group the par- presented to the OSCE Chairman-in- by the international community with the ticipants highlighted key obstacles to the Office and the Permanent Council, as authorities”, said Mr. Raab. promotion of tolerance and non-discrim- well as to the Russian authorities. The Michael Meyer, Balkans Adviser of ination, shared knowledge of best prac- ODIHR hopes to follow up the visit with the ODIHR, noted there was often little tices that could be used by other coun- project activities in the area of legal or no communication between security tries, and suggested ways to remedy cur- training and with further support to the forces and local authorities. The work- rent problems. The discussions resulted office of the Special Representative. shop was the first ever meeting between in a number of recommendations security forces and local authorities in directed to the participating States, the ODIHR organizes crisis management some areas. OSCE institutions and field operations. workshop in Skopje “The crisis can only be managed if The report of the meeting will be avail- Police officers and mayors from the there is co-operation between these able on the ODIHR website western part of the former Yugoslav groups which all represent public author- www.osce.org/odihr Republic of Macedonia attended a work- ity,” said Mr. Meyer. shop on crisis management, organized He also pointed out to participants ELECTIONS Bulgaria’s by the ODIHR in conjunction with the that respecting international humanitar- parliamentary OSCE Spillover Monitoring Mission to ian and human rights obligations should elections meet Skopje on 6 and 7 June. It was addressed not be understood as an impediment to international by two officers from the police service of the operations of security forces, but standards Northern Ireland. rather as an essential part of a strategy The 17 June parlia- One of the presenters, Superinten- that aims at de-escalation and the moral mentary elections in Bulgaria were con- dent Roy Fleming, said: “We hope that isolation of the armed groups. ducted generally in line with interna-

NEWSLETTER Vol. 8 No. 7 21 tional standards for democratic elec- The CEC’s professional and transpar- DEMOCRATIZATION tions, concluded an International Elec- ent conduct contributed significantly to tion Observation Mission in Sofia. The the progress noted in these elections. The ODIHR assists observers noted that the new election law media assumed an important role and the training of south generally provided an adequate legal large spectrum available gave voters the Caucasian border framework for democratic elections, opportunity to make an informed choice. services although a few aspects of the law raised The campaign took place in a gener- The ODIHR has concerns. Election commissions at all ally peaceful atmosphere. A total of 28 launched a new programme aimed at levels performed their duties in a profes- parties fielded some 2,000 candidates. A assisting the border services in the south- sional, unbiased and transparent manner. contentious issue was the attempt to field ern Caucasus. As a first step, a group of The election campaign was generally party affiliates as independent candi- border officials from Azerbaijan visited low key. A large number of print and dates, aiming to increase the number of Poland for a training programme from 17 broadcasting media, both public and pri- compensatory mandates allocated to par- to 22 June. vate, gave the public broad access to ties. Among the trainees were representa- information. However, the campaign cov- Other shortcomings observed tives of the newly established Border erage in the public broadcasting media included inaccuracies in the voter lists, Inspection Training Centre in Baku. Par- was effectively limited by overly restric- and excessive deviations in the number ticipants in the training programme were tive provisions in the Election Law. of voters registered in some electoral provided with a first-hand insight into The Mission was a joint undertaking constituencies. Polish policies and practices of border of the ODIHR and the Parliamentary Election day was largely peaceful, control and training methods. Assembly of the Council of Europe cov- except for a handful of isolated violent The programme included meetings at ering the election day proceedings. An incidents. The voting and counting pro- the training and personnel department of ODIHR long-term observation mission cess was relatively positive. However, the Border Guard Headquarters in War- was deployed on 19 May, headed by despite the best effort of polling com- saw, a visit to Warsaw airport and one of Ambassador Charles Magee (USA). On missions in most areas, their lack of the checkpoints at the border with the election day, 132 short-term observers training and disorganization were evi- Russian Federation, as well as training (including four parliamentarians) were dent on election day. courses at the Polish Border Guard Cen- deployed, reporting from 752 polling sta- The Mission was a joint undertaking tre in Ketrzyn. tions throughout Bulgaria. of ODIHR, the OSCE Parliamentary In the next phase, an expert in cur- Assembly (PA), the Parliamentary riculum development from another Pol- Observers note progress Assembly of the Council of Europe ish border guard training centre in in Albania’s elections (PACE) and the European Parliament. Koszalin will visit Baku to assist in the An International Election Observa- An ODIHR long-term election observa- elaboration of efficient programmes for tion Mission concluded that the 24 June tion mission was established on 22 May, the Border Inspection Training Centre. parliamentary elections in Albania headed by Nikolai Vulchanov (Bulgaria). marked progress towards meeting inter- For election day, some 250 short-term Azeri prison officials receive national standards for democratic elec- observers from 30 countries were training in Poland tions. The final assessment on whether deployed, including 39 from the OSCE As part of the ODIHR’s training pro- these elections will bring Albania closer PA, 17 from the PACE and seven from gramme for the Azeri prison system, a to international standards depends on the the European Parliament. group of ten prison officials were trained tabulation of results for the first round at the Polish training centre for prison and the conduct of the second round, due Election observation report issued officials and personnel in Kalisz from 17 on 8 July, as well as on the process of The OSCE/ODIHR has released a to 24 June. The one-week programme allocating the compensatory mandates final report on the parliamentary elec- focused on curricula and methodologies and the role which the Central Election tions in the Republic of Montenegro/ used to train prison personnel, as well as Commission (CEC) and the courts play. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (22 April on international standards such as the Nearly half the constituencies required a 2001). The report is available on the European Prison Rules. The prison offi- second round ballot. ODIHR website at www.osce.org/odihr. cials also visited a number of penal insti-

NEWSLETTER 22 Vol. 8 No. 7 tutions where the practical application of at the seminar, the Advisory Panel closely monitor the situation of Roma the training was discussed and observed. reviewed its activities and related citizens of the former Yugoslav Republic ODIHR project implementation since of Macedonia. Training held on international legal the previous meeting in October 2000, Following an ODIHR-sponsored standards in Uzbekistan and discussed trends in state practice on workshop in March, which highlighted From 21 to 29 May, the ODIHR held religious freedom across the OSCE the need for better self-organization of two training sessions on international region. Roma citizens in the country, three Roma legal standards in Bukhara and Tashkent. political parties agreed in June on the The sessions were conducted in co-oper- ROMA AND SINTI ISSUES formation of a coalition in order to ation with the OSCE Centre in Tashkent, develop and present a joint platform for the Uzbek National Human Rights Cen- Roma in Skopje review a political dialogue on strengthening the tre and the American Bar Association Stability Pact Action Plan multi-ethnic and democratic structures Central and East European Law Initiative. On 6 June, the ODIHR of the former Yugoslav Republic of The training programme examined in organized a meeting in Skopje on Roma Macedonia. detail the provisions of the International refugees from Kosovo in the former Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The Roma call for greater involvement and the European Convention on Human meeting, which was attended by some 40 in political process to EU integration Rights, as well as OSCE commitments. political party and NGO representatives An international conference of Roma Two ODIHR experts conducted the train- and international experts, provided an organizations from Slovakia, the Czech ing. The sessions were attended by opportunity to review the progress made Republic and Poland, co-sponsored by regional and national representatives of in the implementation of the Action Plan the ODIHR, was held in Samorin, Slo- the judiciary, the procurator’s office, the for Roma refugees and internally dis- vakia, on 2 and 3 June. The participants advocates’ association, the Ministry of placed persons (IDPs) of the Balkans, adopted a declaration calling for the Internal Affairs and the National Secu- adopted in September 2000 under the enhanced participation of Roma repre- rity Service. Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe. sentatives in the political process leading Within the co-operation framework to the integration of their countries into ODIHR Advisory Panel on Religious agreed with other international organiza- the European Union (EU), including in Freedom meets in The Hague tions, the ODIHR contributes to the the institutional structures for negotia- The Contact Group of the ODIHR development of civic associations tions between the EU and the candidate Advisory Panel of Experts on Freedom among refugees and IDPs in order to pro- countries. of Religion or Belief convened on 20 and mote more active and direct participation As a follow-up to the meeting, the 21 June in The Hague, Netherlands, in and involvement of these groups in deal- ODIHR, together with the Council of the margins of a seminar on Freedom of ing with their particular problems. Europe and the European Commission, Religion or Belief: Challenges to Law A number of newly formed refugee will evaluate the effectiveness of the and Practice’, organized by the Nether- associations were represented at the EU’s PHARE programmes on the lands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the meeting and participated actively in a improvement of living conditions of Romanian OSCE Chairmanship. The discussion about the present situation in Roma in candidate countries. seminar, which was attended by experts the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace- on the issue from across the OSCE donia and future prospects for Roma ODIHR supports campaign for region, was addressed by the OSCE refugees. The NGO representatives were participation in Slovak census Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Minis- encouraged to be more effectively The ODIHR, jointly with the Open ter of Foreign Affairs Mircea Geoana, involved in schooling and other educa- Society Institute Budapest, supported a and the Dutch Minister for Foreign tional activities at all levels, as provided campaign encouraging the participation Affairs, Jozias van Aartsen. Both by the authorities of their host country of Roma in the census in Slovakia. The stressed the importance of tolerance and and with the assistance of the interna- campaign, carried out by the Romani freedom of religion. tional agencies. Legal Defense Agency in May and June, As well as discussing strategies to In June, the ODIHR Contact Point for was aimed at raising awareness among implement the recommendations made Roma and Sinti issues also continued to Roma of their right to freely identify

NEWSLETTER Vol. 8 No. 7 23 their ethnic background in the census. A posters and other information material in spread reluctance of Roma to identify team of Roma activists visited 200 out of three languages (Slovak, Hungarian and their ethnicity or nationality as a reaction 600 settlements with large Roma popu- Romani). The campaign had been devel- to experiences of persecution, discrimi- lations and distributed some 140,000 oped against the background of wide- nation and forced assimilation. NEWS from the High Commissioner on National Minorities The Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) is located at Prinsessegracht 22, NL-2514 AP The Hague, The Netherlands, tel.: (+31-70) 312 55 00, fax: (+31-70) 363 59 10, e-mail: [email protected]

Van der Stoel concentrates in inter-ethnic dialogue and addressing sor’s engagement in the region “while final month on Macedonians some of the root causes of the conflict. following all developments in the During his final month as OSCE High The outgoing High Commissioner Balkans that relate to possible tensions Commissioner on National Minorities, has had a long engagement in the former involving national minorities” (full text Max van der Stoel remained engaged in Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and is of the speech is available on the HCNM the tense situation in the former Yugoslav familiar with the parties and issues. With website at www.osce.org/hcnm). In the Republic of Macedonia. He was in close Mr. van der Stoel’s term as High Com- margins of the conference Mr. Ekeus met and frequent contact with representatives missioner coming to an end, the Chair- with Minister for Foreign Affairs Goran of the Macedonian Government, the man-in-Office decided to appoint him as Svilanovic, the Federal Minister for Albanian community and the interna- his Personal Envoy to “to facilitate a dia- National and Ethnic Communities, tional community (particularly the Euro- logue and provide advice for a speedy Rasim Ljajic, and the Head of the OSCE pean Union High Representative, Javier solution to the current crisis in the for- Mission to the Federation Republic of Solana). On 18 June, Mr. van der Stoel mer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”. Yugoslavia, Stefano Sannino. accompanied the Chairman-in-Office, On 6 July, Mr. Ekeus was in Paris to Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Rolf Ekeus takes up his duties address the tenth annual session of the Geoana, on a visit to Skopje. The main The new High Commissioner, Rolf OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. He also goal of the visit was to emphasize the Ekeus of Sweden, has already begun to had bilateral discussions with senior readiness of the OSCE to continue to play act, travelling on 5 July to Belgrade officials of the French Foreign Ministry an active role in the country. where he addressed a regional Ministe- and met with high-level OSCE officials. Mr. van der Stoel returned on 26 to 28 rial Conference on National and Ethnic From 9 to 11 July, he made an intro- June for a further orientation visit. He Communities in south-eastern Europe. ductory visit to Vienna were he met rep- wanted to keep abreast of developments In his address he said that he intended to resentatives of OSCE participating States in order to provide advice on facilitating maintain and build upon his predeces- and senior staff of the OSCE Secretariat.

Quiet Diplomacy in Action The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

Ed: Walter Kemp Foreword by Michael Ignatieff

This comprehensive account of the work of the first OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Max van der Stoel, has been written by his Senior Adviser. It takes the reader behind the scenes to explain how the “silent diplomat” fulfilled his conflict prevention mandate for over eight years in more than 15 countries. Major linked documents are annexed.

Published by Kluwer Law International, The Hague, PO Box 322, 3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]

NEWSLETTER 24 Vol. 8 No. 7 REPORT from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly The Secretariat of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is located at Rådhusstræde 1, DK-1466 Copenhagen K, Denmark, tel.: (+45-33) 37 80 40, fax: (+45-33) 37 80 30, e-mail: [email protected]

Parliamentarians monitor OSCE PA president pays visits PA delegation and the former OSCE PA elections in Albania to Canada and United States Second Committee Vice-Chair, Jerry “This election represents another At the invitation of the Speakers of Grafstein, as well as other parliamentary important step towards the consolidation the two Chambers of the Canadian Par- leaders. He was accompanied by OSCE of democracy in Albania”, said OSCE liament, the President of the Parliamen- PA Treasurer, Bill Graham. Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President tary Assembly (PA), Adrian Severin, In Washington, President Severin Bruce George, as he presented the Pre- paid an official visit to Canada, on 11 met the Speaker of the House of Repre- liminary Statement of the sentatives, Dennis Hastert, International Election and the Minority Leader, Observation Mission on the Richard Gephardt, as well parliamentary elections that as the OSCE PA Vice-Pres- were held in Albania on 26 ident Steny Hoyer and Chair June. “The Balkans is a very of the Committee on Politi- unstable region politically, cal Affairs and Security but we were struck by the Alcee Hastings. Mr. Hast- quite peaceful way these ings, who is also the ranking elections were conducted”, Democrat on the European he added. Affairs Sub-Committee of Mr. George, who acted the House of Representa- as Special Representative of tives, arranged a meeting the OSCE Chairperson-in- with the sub-committee, Office, Romanian Foreign Parliamentary Assembly Vice President Bruce George leading the including staff experts. He Minister Mircea Geoana, international observation team for the Albanian parliamentary also met with Senator Chris led a group of more than 270 elections Dodd of Connecticut, due to international observers, chair the U.S. Congressional including 40 OSCE parliamentarians, and 12 June. He then went on to hold Helsinki Commission. who were deployed across Albania on meetings in the United States from 13 to While in Washington he met the election day. He delivered the Prelimi- 15 June. In Ottawa, he met government Deputy Secretary of State, Richard nary Post-election Statement at a press officials, including the Foreign Minister, Armitage, the Under-Secretary of State conference on 27 June, in conjunction John Manley, devoting the second day to for Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky, with the Council of Europe Parliamen- meetings with Canadian parliamentari- and key desk officers for the OSCE area tary Assembly, the European Parliament ans. Meetings were also held with other in the US State Department. Meetings and the OSCE Office for Democratic senior MFA officials, including the Sec- were also held at the National Security Institutions and Human Rights. retary of State, James Wright, and offi- Council and at the National Democratic The statement addressed the main cials responsible for various regions in Institute for International Affairs. Secre- shortcomings of the elections, particu- the OSCE. He also addressed a meeting tary General Spencer Oliver accompa- larly attempts to the fielding of party of Ambassadors from OSCE countries nied Mr. Severin in Ottawa and Wash- candidates as independents, inaccuracies and met Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s ington. in the voter lists, and excessive devia- foreign affairs adviser. After his official visits, President tions in the number of voters registered On the parliamentary side, President Severin travelled on to New York where in some electoral constituencies. Severin met the members of the OSCE he met Danilo Turk, Assistant Secretary

NEWSLETTER Vol. 8 No. 7 25 General for Political Affairs, and Angela capitals to enhance the processes of the process agreed to form an initiative group, Kane, Director of the Europe and Amer- Organization. which would sponsor the recommenda- ica Division of the UN Department for He concluded his official visit with a tions of the round table in Parliament. The Political Affairs. He also met Guy Toz- lecture at Warsaw University entitled fourth and final Round Table on Elections zoli, President of the World Trade Center ‘Tomorrow’s Europe - A community of is scheduled to take place in September. Association. fears or community of values?’ in which Before an audience of businessmen he analyzed the problems and prospects OSCE Troika meeting and mass media representatives, he of the process of European integration in Bucharest delivered a speech on the role and the from the perspective of the East and Cen- On behalf of OSCE PA President evolution of the OSCE PA, the impor- tral European States. Before his return to Adrian Severin, Deputy Secretary Gen- tance of achieving world stability and Bucharest, President Severin held a eral Pentti Väänänen attended the OSCE security through development, economic working meeting with Gerard Stoud- Troika meeting in Bucharest on 20 June. co-operation and integration, as well as mann, Director of the ODIHR. Mr. Väänänen reported on recent activi- the possibility of involving the business ties of the Assembly in Albania, Georgia, milieus in OSCE projects and, in partic- OSCE Parliamentarians visit Georgia Moldova, Belarus, and Central Asia, as ular, in achieving the Stability Pact The OSCE Parliamentary Ad Hoc well as increased co-operation with the objectives. Committee on Abkhazia visited Georgia Parliamentary Assembly of the Council from 26 to 28 June to make a first assess- of Europe and the European Parliament. PA President Severin visits Poland ment of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict He also referred to the letter of Pres- On 19 and 20 June, OSCE PA Presi- settlement process. The delegation met ident Severin to the Chairman-in-Office dent, Adrian Severin, paid an official Georgian President Eduard Shevard- concerning the establishment of a con- visit to Poland invited by the Polish Par- nadze, as well as ministers, parliamen- sultative ‘Wisemen Group’, which liament (Sejm), where he met the tarians and leading NGOs. The Head of would be tasked with presenting propos- Speaker, Maciej Plazynski, the Chair- the Ad Hoc Committee, Jerzy Osiatyn- als to the Chairmanship and the Presi- man of the Foreign Affairs Committee of ski, said the OSCE PA stood ready to dency of the Parliamentary Assembly on the Sejm, Czeslaw Bielecki, as well as assist in facilitating co-operation on con- the objectives, the solutions and the ways the Polish Delegation to the OSCE PA, stitutional arrangements which may to reform the OSCE in order for the including its Head, Jerzy Osiatynski. meet the needs of all interested parties, Organization to become more effective In the meetings, Mr. Severin praised while respecting the integrity of the and more relevant to the participating the Polish Parliament for its involvement Georgian state. States. and commitment to the activities of the OSCE PA. He also presented and dis- Third Round Table on elections Stability Pact strengthens cussed ideas for future action of the held in Kazakhstan its parliamentary dimension Assembly, including relations with other On 11 June, Ihor Ostash, Vice-Presi- On 5 June, the European Parliament parliamentary institutions like the Euro- dent of the OSCE PA, travelled to Astana, and the Parliamentary Assemblies of the pean Parliament and the Parliamentary Kazakhstan, to participate as the moder- OSCE and the Council of Europe agreed Assembly of the Council of Europe. ator in the Third Round Table on Elec- to sponsor the parliamentary dimension On the second day he held talks with tions. The Round Table, which took place of the Stability Pact by creating a Parlia- the Speaker of the Polish Senate, Alicja under the auspices of the OSCE, brought mentary Troika covering all aspects and Grzeskowiak and with Prime Minister together representatives of Parliament, all Working Tables of the Stability Pact. Jerzy Buzek. In the afternoon he met the various government ministries and agen- Stability Pact Co-ordinator, Bodo Hom- Minister of Foreign Affairs Wladyslaw cies and civil society. This third in a series bach, called the setting up of the Parlia- Bartoszewski as well as with Secretary of four planned round tables focused on mentary Troika a “major step forward to of State Mr. Siwiek and high representa- sanctions and remedies for violation of a democratic underpinning of the Pact’s tives from the Defence Ministry. Presi- election legislation and the procedures activities and a reflection of the con- dent Severin referred to the new political for handling electoral disputes. structive role parliaments and parlia- impulse needed by the OSCE and the During the course of the event, a mentarians have played in the Pact’s two importance of political guidance from group of parliamentarians involved in the years of existence.”

NEWSLETTER 26 Vol. 8 No. 7 NEWS from the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media is located at Kärtner Ring 5- 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria. Tel.: (+43-1) 512 21 45-0, fax: (+43-1) 512 21 45-9, e-mail: [email protected]

Free Media Representative highlights eastern Europe, called In Defence of Our Duve raised her plight at the OSCE Per- constitutional challenge in Italy Future: mobile.culture.container was manent Council on 14 June. On 21 June, Freimut Duve, the OSCE officially launched in Tuzla, Bosnia and Representative on Freedom of the Herzegovina on 6 June in the presence of Turkish broadcasting law vetoed Media, spoke to the Organization’s Per- a large number of international and local On 14 June, the OSCE Representa- manent Council about his concerns dignitaries. Already this travelling tive stated that several amendments to regarding the central task of his mandate: library-cum-community house is bring- the current law on the Turkish Broad- the concentration of control over televi- ing young people of different ethnic casting Authority were of concern sion media in the hands of a democrati- groups together to discuss their common because they included new restrictive cally elected government. Referring to future. The mobile.culture.container will clauses. The amendments provided for the case of Italy, he suggested that the travel throughout the region for the next additional enforceable penalties as well result of the announced separation of the two years. The next stop is in Osijek. as for the first time, control of the Inter- influence of Silvio Berlusconi, the media net. On 21 June, Mr. Duve noted with magnate and newly elected Prime Minis- Journalist killed in Serbia satisfaction that President Sezer had ter of Italy, between his business interests Speaking at the Permanent Council refused to sign the law, but had under- and his official obligations, was of con- on 14 June, Freimut Duve raised the case lined Turkey’s international obligations cern to the work of the Representative in of the murder of Milan Pantic, a reporter regarding freedom of the media and in OSCE participating States. for the Serbian daily Vecernje Novosti, particular the Internet clause which In a letter of 1 June to the then Foreign who was killed in the central Serbian would “restrict freedom of expression.” Minister Lamberto Dini, Mr. Duve had town of Jagodina. Mr. Pantic wrote emphasized that: “independent media, extensively about crime and corruption. Georgian TV staff harassed the fourth power in the mechanisms of His murder is the first “censorship by On 25 June, Freimut Duve raised checks and balances, are crucial for all killing” in Serbia since the establishment with the Georgian Foreign Minister the democratic societies. The clear separa- of democratic rule. Mr. Duve urged the serious harassment of the staff of 60 tion between media and politics is a sub- authorities to take all the necessary mea- Minutes, a highly respected and popular stantial part of the political history of the sures to swiftly investigate this crime and investigative television programme of European Union and should not be under- bring those responsible to justice. the independent Rustavi-2 television mined by one of its member states.” company. A story about the misappropri- He stressed that the results of this Continued concern over Kitova case ation of public and World Bank funds separation could become an important Throughout June, the OSCE Repre- within the Ministry of Health was the example for all OSCE participating sentative on Freedom of the Media con- apparent motive to remove 60 Minutes States on how to disentangle the execu- tinued to monitor the case of the Russian from the air, for the first time in its two tive role of the state from the indepen- journalist, Olga Kitova, a correspondent years of existence. Mr. Duve stressed dent tasks of a free media. Alternatively for the regional newspaper Belgorod- that “all OSCE States, including Geor- it could be a real challenge to the demo- skaya Pravda. After publishing a number gia, recognize that corruption is a dan- cratic media landscape in all OSCE of stories on the miscarriage of justice in gerous phenomenon that can be effec- regions, not only in the European Union. Belgorod, a city about 700 km from tively countered by a free and indepen- Moscow, and on some questionable pri- dent press. I call on your Government to Culture.container gets mobile vatisation activities, she has been once again ensure the safety of the 60 The Representative’s long-term pro- harassed, both physically and mentally, Minutes staff and to permit them to con- ject directed at young people in south- by the local police and prosecutor. Mr. tinue their important work.”

NEWSLETTER Vol. 8 No. 7 27 REPORT from the OSCE Secretary General and the Secretariat The OSCE Secretariat is located at Kärntner Ring 5-7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria. Telephone: (+43-1) 514 36-0, Fax: (+43-1) 514 36-96, e-mail: [email protected]

SG visits Portugal to discuss priorities meeting between the Director-General of May 1992. Mr. Nikolajenko briefed the of incoming Chairman-in-Office the IOM and the Chairman-in-Office, Secretary General on the recently held At the invitation of the Portuguese Foreign Minister Geoana, in Bucharest. Summit of the Council in Yerevan. There, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Secre- Two main ideas were raised: putting participants inter alia agreed to enhance tary General, Jan Kubis, visited Lisbon migration-related issues higher on the their mutual co-operation in the areas of at the beginning of June. Portugal will OSCE agenda, particularly in the light of addressing new threats and challenges, assume the Chairmanship of the OSCE preparations for this year’s OSCE Minis- such as terrorism, drugs trafficking and in January 2002. The aim of the visit was terial Council in Bucharest and the ques- organized crime, or in the political area. to discuss the priorities of the incoming tion of a framework Memorandum of The Council is also interested in closer Chair, to exchange views on OSCE activ- Understanding (MoU) between the contacts with other international organi- ities and the work of the Secretariat, and OSCE and the IOM, given that the IOM zations and a more systematic dialogue to establish modalities of future co-oper- intends to conclude a specific MoU with with the OSCE. The Secretary General ation and co-ordination between the ODIHR. described the ongoing discussions on the Chair and the Secretariat, both in Vienna On 12 June the Secretary General future role of the Organization and on and in Lisbon. Mr. Kubis was received by met the Deputy Chief of International how the OSCE reacts to new challenges the Prime Minister, Antonio Guterres, Relations in the General Staff of the and threats to security. It was agreed with and also had separate meetings with the French Ministry of Defence, Vice-Admi- Mr. Nikolajenko that contacts should Foreign Minister, Jaime Gama, and offi- ral Alain Coldefy, at his request. Mr. continue between both organizations. cials of the MFA. Coldefy was accompanied by Ambas- On 27 June, the Secretary General Among the priority topics discussed sador Ladsous and Senior Military met the Swedish Foreign Minister, Ms during the meetings were the need for Adviser General Bottine of the French Anna Lindh, the outgoing president of closer co-operation and co-ordination Delegation. the European Union, who was in Vienna with other international organizations, The meeting discussed internal to address the Special Permanent Coun- especially the EU and NATO, and the developments and the future role of the cil. Discussions were mainly concerned importance of visibility of the OSCE, as European Union, NATO and the OSCE, with the principles and modalities of well as the work of the OSCE in south- current developments of operational OSCE-EU interaction, and with a num- eastern Europe, Central Asia and the capacities and capabilities, and concrete ber of substantial and geographical areas Caucasus. Other OSCE officials will co-operation of the three organizations for increased co-operation. visit Lisbon to continue these contacts. based on mutual recognition of each The same day the Secretary General other’s roles and potential and on mis- met Brian Crowe, Director General and Meetings with visitors sion-recognition, which should be Head of the Directorate General for to the Secretariat actively promoted. Among other things, External Relations of the European On 8 June the Secretary General met the need for closer co-operation between Council’s Secretariat, who visited with two representatives from Vienna the OSCE and EU, especially in crisis Vienna for extensive consultations in the regional office of the International Orga- management, was stressed. Secretariat. Mr. Crowe was accompanied nization for Migration (IOM), Ms. Irena On 13 June, the Secretary General by his colleagues representing inter alia Vojackova, Chief of Mission and Co- met with the Secretary General of the the Policy Planning and Early Warning ordinator of Central Europe, and Council of Collective Security, Valery Unit and the Situation Center and Mili- Andreas Halbach, Permanent Observer Nikolajenko. This is the supreme politi- tary Staff. The delegation of the Council and Regional Co-ordinator for the cal body of the states participating in the Secretariat was briefed by Director of OSCE. This followed a recent bilateral Agreement on Collective Security of 15 Human Resources on REACT imple-

NEWSLETTER 28 Vol. 8 No. 7 mentation, and by the CPC Staff on the was to explore possibilities for regional at creating an atmosphere of openness Secretariat/CPC structure and OSCE initiatives, particularly in the economic and transparency regarding military field activities. Discussions also included and environmental dimension, as well as issues, and developing measures to co-operation in institution-building, in the area of security co-operation. reduce the risk of armed conflict. As part good governance, and the possibilities Relevant issues were discussed with of the agreements negotiated in the for future regular staff talks, shared train- governmental officials, representatives Forum, OSCE participating States ing programs for staff, and short-term from other international organizations exchange detailed information every exchanges of staff. and staff of the respective local OSCE year on their military forces and activities. offices. On 3 July, Ambassador Hoeynck A dedicated website now provides SG addresses conferences briefed interested OSCE Delegations in background information on the FSC and on counter-terrorism in Central Asia Vienna on the main findings of his visit. its activities, with access to negotiated and on conflict prevention in Africa Ambassador Hoeynck, who served the documents and decisions and details of On 19 June, the Secretary General then Norwegian Chairmanship in 1999 upcoming events and feature stories attended the Conference on Counter-ter- as Personal Representative for Central related to military aspects of security in rorism in Central Asia, organized by the Asia, was the first Secretary General of the OSCE area. It can be found at United States Department of State, the OSCE from 1993 to 1996. www.osce.org/fsc Office of Counter-terrorism, and held in Istanbul. He delivered a statement on the New on the OSCE website: Forum OSCE Ball proceeds go benefits of global co-operation in for Security Co-operation to support charity counter-terrorism, in which inter alia he The Press and Public Information Money raised by the sale of tickets to outlined the OSCE’s comprehensive Section of the Secretariat has added the OSCE Ball in February this year has approach to security, OSCE approaches another new area to the OSCE website. been donated to assist the work of the and commitments relevant to the topic Austrian branch of the charity, ‘Make of the conference, and the need to a wish’. A cheque for 9,000 euros was fight terrorism while maintaining full handed over to the charity’s President, respect for the rule of law and human Ms Inge Kladiwa, by the Director of rights. the Management and Finance Depart- At the invitation of the Danish ment, Michael von der Schulenburg, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Sec- on 13 June. According to the charity’s retary General attended a conference Events Organizer, Renate Knorr, the on ‘Conflict prevention and peace- charity exists to help children with building in Africa’, held on 28 and 29 serious or incurable medical problems June in Maputo, Mozambique. There realize an unfulfilled dream. “The he delivered a keynote speech on children whom we try to help can be ‘Conflict Prevention – OSCE instru- recommended by anyone who knows ments’, which is available on the them. And because we are linked to OSCE website. similar charities in 23 other countries, we are also involved in helping other Personal Representative of the CiO children who want to make their visits Central Asia wishes come true in Austria.” Ambassador Wilhelm Hoeynck, Last year, the charity helped over who was appointed in May by the Chair- Now users of the Internet can access 100 children to fulfil their dreams. “The man-in-Office to act as his Personal Re- information on the Forum for Security generous donation from OSCE staff will presentative for tasks in support of par- Co-operation (FSC), the main OSCE go a long way to helping us try to exceed ticipating States in Central Asia, visited body dealing with military aspects of that total in 2001”, said Ms Kladiwa. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, security. The FSC, established at the Anyone interested in more information Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan from 17 to 1992 Helsinki Summit Meeting, meets on the work of the charity can visit their 28 June. The primary focus of this visit weekly and conducts negotiations aimed website: www.makeawish.at

NEWSLETTER Vol. 8 No. 7 29 Quiet Diplomacy in Action The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

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