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20/01/2012 01:34 (131 Day 17:35 minutes ago) | |||||
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The FINANCIAL -- The OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier and Croatian President Ivo Josipović held an official ceremony to mark the closure of the OSCE’s office in Croatia,accordingt o OSCE.
The closure follows a decision last month by the 56 OSCE participating States that declared the mandate of the office successfully completed.
The OSCE opened its first field presence in the country, the Mission to Croatia, in April 1996, which at its peak had almost 800 staff members and which was closed at the end of 2007 after successfully completing most of its mandate. The remaining tasks were taken on by the OSCE Office in Zagreb which officially began work on 1 January 2008 with just over 20 staff members.
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