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74-YEAR-OLD EXPERT ON FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TO HEAD THE MISSION OF LONG-TERM OBSERVERS OF OSCE ODIHR IN ARMENIA
Mediamax
January 10, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. 74-year-old German diplomat, Ambassador
Geert-Hinrich Ahrens will head the mission of long-term observers of
the OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
in Armenia.
Mediamax reports that on January 9, Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens
met the Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian and stated that
the mission will work with maximum transparancy.
28 long-term and 250 short-term observers from the OSCE will be
observing the presidential elections in Armenia, which will take
place on February 19 of 2008.
Mediamax notes that the German career diplomat Geert-Hinrich Ahrens
has great work experience in former Yugoslavia and in the Balkans.
In 2007, his book "Diplomacy on the Edge" was published, which presents
the activity of the Minorities Working Group of the Conferences on
Yugoslavia, which was headed by the German diplomat. The Working
Group was the principal UN and European Community diplomatic effort
to grapple with ethnic conflicts in the Croatian Krajina, Kosovo,
Macedonia, and southern Serbia.
In various periods of time, Geert-Hinrich occupied the positions of the
German Ambassador to Vietnam and to Colombia; was the Head of the OSCE
Office in Albania. In fall of 2004, Geert-Hinrich Ahrens headed the
observation mission of the OSCE during the elections in the Ukraine.
Mediamax
January 10, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. 74-year-old German diplomat, Ambassador
Geert-Hinrich Ahrens will head the mission of long-term observers of
the OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
in Armenia.
Mediamax reports that on January 9, Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens
met the Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian and stated that
the mission will work with maximum transparancy.
28 long-term and 250 short-term observers from the OSCE will be
observing the presidential elections in Armenia, which will take
place on February 19 of 2008.
Mediamax notes that the German career diplomat Geert-Hinrich Ahrens
has great work experience in former Yugoslavia and in the Balkans.
In 2007, his book "Diplomacy on the Edge" was published, which presents
the activity of the Minorities Working Group of the Conferences on
Yugoslavia, which was headed by the German diplomat. The Working
Group was the principal UN and European Community diplomatic effort
to grapple with ethnic conflicts in the Croatian Krajina, Kosovo,
Macedonia, and southern Serbia.
In various periods of time, Geert-Hinrich occupied the positions of the
German Ambassador to Vietnam and to Colombia; was the Head of the OSCE
Office in Albania. In fall of 2004, Geert-Hinrich Ahrens headed the
observation mission of the OSCE during the elections in the Ukraine.