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OSCE releases Summary Report on Bishkek Conference on Security and Stability in Central Asia

Publishing date: 12 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, Partnerships, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Border management, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 12 March 2002- The OSCE released today a Summary Report on the Bishkek International Conference on Security and Stability in Central Asia, held on 13 and 14 December 2001 in Kyrgyzstan. This conference was co-sponsored by...

Italy's Media Ownership- A Challenge to the European Constitutional Architecture

Publishing date: 12 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 12 March 2002- Special attention should be paid to media freedom and the independence of the media in the discussion on a European Constitution, stressed Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...

Albanian tourism held back by poor environment, OSCE believes

Publishing date: 12 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
TIRANA, 12 March 2002- Protection of the environment is a priority issue for the OSCE, the Head of its Presence in Albania, Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, told the newly appointed Minister of Environment, Lufter Xhuveli...

Tajik law enforcement bodies call for improvement of the criminal procedural code

Publishing date: 12 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
KHUJAND, 12 March 2002- A series of OSCE training seminars for law enforcement personnel on human and civil rights during arrest, detention and pre-trial investigation has concluded in the Sughd province, Tajikistan...

OSCE reminds Kosovo's political entities of registration requirements

Publishing date: 8 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 8 March 2002-Representatives of political parties in Kosovo took part in a seminar organized by the OSCE today on party registration and obligations, financial disclosure reporting and certification for the 2002 Municipal Elections...

Chairman-in-Office praises Georgian counter-terrorism efforts

Publishing date: 7 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 7 March 2002- In the course of a four-day visit to the South Caucasus, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portugal's Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, paid an official visit to Georgia, on 5 and 6 March...

OSCE/ODIHR Director concludes assessment visit ahead of Ukrainian parliamentary elections

Publishing date: 5 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 5 March 2002- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann, today concluded a two-day assessment visit to Kyiv ahead of the Ukrainian parliamentary elections...