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CIS presidents attack the functioning of the OSCE

CIS presidents attack the functioning of the OSCE OSCE CHRONICLE CIS Presidents attack the functioning of the OSCE Arie Bloed with a supplement by Erika Schlager 1 1. CIS countries give OSCE a ‘final warning’ The heads of state of a number of CIS countries have put further pressure on the other OSCE states to listen to their complaints. At the beginning of July they gathered for a summit meeting in Moscow which resulted in a harshly worded declaration concerning their dissatisfaction with the present functioning of the OSCE . It is clear that a number of East European and Central Asian states have serious objections to the — in their view — ‘unbalanced’ approach of the OSCE in terms of geography (mainly devoting attention to problems east of Vienna) and substance (too much attention to human dimension issues), a situation that has already existed for several years. However, the summit declaration is of an unprecedented nature and signals a growing irritation concerning the OSCE criticism of their human rights record. The CIS declaration was adopted on the 3 rd of July at an unofficial summit meeting of the leaders of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. The president of Turkmenistan did http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Helsinki Monitor (in 2008 continued as Security and Human Rights) Brill

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Brill
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© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0925-0972
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1571-814X
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10.1163/1571814041954307
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OSCE CHRONICLE CIS Presidents attack the functioning of the OSCE Arie Bloed with a supplement by Erika Schlager 1 1. CIS countries give OSCE a ‘final warning’ The heads of state of a number of CIS countries have put further pressure on the other OSCE states to listen to their complaints. At the beginning of July they gathered for a summit meeting in Moscow which resulted in a harshly worded declaration concerning their dissatisfaction with the present functioning of the OSCE . It is clear that a number of East European and Central Asian states have serious objections to the — in their view — ‘unbalanced’ approach of the OSCE in terms of geography (mainly devoting attention to problems east of Vienna) and substance (too much attention to human dimension issues), a situation that has already existed for several years. However, the summit declaration is of an unprecedented nature and signals a growing irritation concerning the OSCE criticism of their human rights record. The CIS declaration was adopted on the 3 rd of July at an unofficial summit meeting of the leaders of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. The president of Turkmenistan did

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Helsinki Monitor (in 2008 continued as Security and Human Rights) – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2004

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