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Chairman-In-Office Strengthens OSCE Fight Against Terrorism Former Danish Minister Named Personal Representative of Cio Vol.IX No. 2 FEBRUARY 2002 NEWSLETTER Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Chairman-in-Office strengthens OSCE fight against terrorism Former Danish Minister named Personal Representative of CiO he Chairman-in-Office of the use of its “three important tools”. He He defined his role as that of a co- OSCE, Portugal’s Foreign Min- described these “tools” as the missions ordinator of activities, who would pro- T ister Jaime Gama, has appointed in the field, the way the OSCE addressed mote the debate in the OSCE that would a former Danish Minister of Defence, the root causes of instability and the lay the groundwork for an OSCE policy Jan Troejborg, to be his Personal Repre- Organization’s police expertise. on preventing and combating terrorism. sentative to co-ordinate OSCE activities Although Mr. Troejborg did not see “Such a policy, which reinforces the in the fight against terrorism. Mr. Troej- the OSCE as having a lead role in the political will of the OSCE and its partic- borg will be responsible for implement- fight against terrorism, he stressed that ipating States in relation to this action, ing the initiatives set out in the Bucha- “the OSCE and other relevant organiza- could help pave the way for guidelines rest Plan of Action for Combating Ter- tions must, each through its own specific and principles for combating and pre- rorism, adopted at the OSCE Ministerial instruments, complement each other in venting terrorism”, he said, stressing at Council on 4 December last year, as well support of an international strategy.” the same time that both OSCE’s policy as the follow-up Programme of Action and its actions would always recognize adopted on 14 December at a conference the leading role of the United Nations. in Bishkek. He noted that achieving co-ordination In an interview with the OSCE among the OSCE institutions and with Newsletter following his appointment other international organizations would on 29 January, Mr. Troejborg stated: be an important task. In doing this, he “The OSCE has a clear role to play in said, “I will use the Plan of Action and the adding value to United Nations initia- Programme of Action as a basis and will tives on the fight against terrorism.” He take them further.” He also emphasized was pleased that the Chairman-in- that the OSCE’s work in the three Office was assigning priority to the fight “dimensions” was crucial to an effective against terrorism: “First of all, we have fight against terrorism. These covered to establish the support of the 55 OSCE social issues, such as fostering a cultural participating States for the United dialogue, tolerance between religious and Nations resolutions and international ethnic groups and human rights; eco- instruments”, he said. nomic issues, such as good governance; The Personal Representative said and military issues, such as the fight that his role focused not only on exploit- against the proliferation of weapons of ing the OSCE’s experience in conflict mass destruction and the work on small prevention, but also on making the best arms and light weapons. Jan Troejborg, 46, an engineer before ministerial posts from 1993, including Defence, a position that he left in entering politics, was elected to the those of trade, transport, industry and November 2001, following the general Danish parliament (Folketinget) in development co-operation. In Decem- elections in Denmark, which resulted in September 1987. He served in several ber 2000, he was appointed Minister of a change of government. Visit the website of the OSCE Portuguese Chairmanship 2002 : www.osce.org/cio 1 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is focus of first Chairman-in-Office field visit Gama ‘hopeful’ about progress in stabilizing fragile peace Immediately after his inaugural speech to islation dealing with the self-governing which established a presence there in the Permanent Council of the OSCE on powers of local government. This opti- March last year – in maintaining the 17 January in which he outlined priori- mism proved fully justified, as the bridge between ethnic groups in such ties for 2002, Portugal’s Foreign Minister address by Foreign Minister Casule to communities. The leader of the council Jaime Gama flew to Skopje on his first the Permanent Council showed a week is an Albanian, while the second deputy visit as OSCE Chairman-in-Office to the later (see page 4), when parliament duly is from the Turkish minority. former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. passed the law. Unfortunately, a week after giving The significance of an early trip to the The CiO also told reporters, includ- the interview, Mr. Todorovski was badly small Balkan country is linked to the fact ing a group of leading Portuguese jour- beaten by a group of armed men, dressed that the Spillover Monitor Mission to nalists and commentators, that he was Skopje is the Organization’s oldest con- happy with the co-operation of the tinuous field activity as well as its fastest- authorities in fulfilling the OSCE’s tasks. INSIDE THIS ISSUE growing, with around 300 international “At my meeting with the President and staff due to be deployed at its peak this the Prime Minister, I heard very positive I Chairman-in-Office strengthens year. appreciation of the role of the Organiza- OSCE fight against terrorism . 1 tion, particularly in assisting with the I Former Yugoslav Republic ver two days, the Chairman-in- redeployment of the police”, he said. of Macedonia is focus of first Office (CiO) held a number of “The fact that there is consensus to go on Chairman-in-Office field visit . 2 O key meetings with the Govern- operating with the OSCE and its partners, I fYROM Foreign Minister: ment, representatives of the main politi- the EU and NATO, signals to me that we ‘Concept of security must be cal parties, and the principals of partner are working in the right direction.” pursued more vigorously’ . 4 international bodies — including the Visiting the headquarters of the I Ministerial Troika meeting focuses European Union and NATO — that are OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to on counter-terrorism moves . 5 working to stabilize the fragile peace Skopje, as well as the local field office I Ekeus: Diplomacy and discretion which has prevailed in the country since there, he was briefed by the Head of Mis- are bedrock of conflict prevention . 6 summer last year. sion, Craig Jenness, and several col- I Kazakhstan: Electoral reform Foreign Minister Gama also took the leagues on the progress being made by round tables end in spirit of dialogue . 8 opportunity to visit the headquarters of the OSCE in fulfilling its mandate. The I Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: the Mission to Skopje, established in mission is currently heavily involved in Making waves on Radio TV Serbia . 9 1992, and to see one of the six field monitoring and assisting with the rede- I Bosnia and Herzegovina: offices that have been engaged in police ployment of a multi-ethnic police pres- A spark of hope for the youth . 10 monitoring and confidence-building ence. The Minister warmly praised the I Kosovo: Helping trafficking work between the ethnic communities work of its “young, dedicated, interna- victims expand their options . 12 since the Ohrid Framework Agreement tional team”. REGULAR REPORTS of 13 August 2001. The journalists from Portugal were I News from the field . 14 The joint meeting with President later able to see more of the work being I In brief . 15 Boris Trajkovski and Prime Minister done on the ground by the OSCE Mis- I Press profile . 17 Ljubco Georgievski provided the occa- sion, visiting the field office in the town I sion to discuss progress on the imple- of Tetovo and checking conditions in two Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights . 19 mentation of the peace process. The CiO nearby villages where the OSCE has I High Commissioner also met other politicians in Skopje, been active with teams of confidence- on National Minorities . 20 including Slobodan Casule, the Minister building monitors and police advisors, I Parliamentary Assembly . 21 of Foreign Affairs, and Stojan Andov, the supported by NATO’s Task Force Fox. I Representative on President of the parliament. In Tearce, an ethnically-mixed vil- Freedom of the Media . 23 He indicated at a press conference lage, the group interviewed the Deputy I Secretary General that his visit had made him hopeful about Leader of the Local Community Coun- and the Secretariat . 24 the way in which events were moving, cil, Pavle Todorovski, an ethnic Macedo- especially progress on a package of leg- nian who praised the role of the OSCE – NEWSLETTER 2 Vol. 9 No. 2 by the OSCE Mission to Skopje. Such OSCE terrorizing incidents are viewed not only as personal intimidation but also as attempts to undermine the whole process of local confidence-building. In the village of Lesok, the journal- ists witnessed the aftermath of another unclaimed attack that took place last summer, when an Orthodox church was destroyed just days after the signing of the Ohrid Agreement. However, encouraging news has emerged from the country since then, with the CiO congratulating the Govern- ment on passing the law reform and a report on 31 January that Prime Minister Georgievski would ask experts to start working on an amnesty law. Chairman-in-Office Jaime Gama (left) is welcomed by Henry Bolton, Head of the On the ground, the Mission was able OSCE Field Office in Skopje, and Craig Jenness, Head of the OSCE Spillover to report another small but significant Monitor Mission to Skopje success story, with the restoration of a direct bus link from the capital to the in black and wearing masks.
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