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OSCE Office to host roundtable in Ukraine on converting former military bases for civilian use
Publishing date: 13 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KYIV, 13 May 2003- Converting former military bases for civilian uses in Ukraine will be the focus of an international roundtable starting in the capital, Kyiv, tomorrow. Some 70 experts will discuss economic, social and environmental aspects of...
Veteran OSCE diplomat killed in road accident in Ukraine
Publishing date: 9 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 9 April 2003- Gizo Grdzelidze, Senior Project Officer in the Office of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, was killed on Wednesday morning in an automobile accident near Kyiv. With him was Alexander Kryvenko, President of Public Radio...
Ambassador Heyken: Belarus and OSCE to make fresh start
Publishing date: 17 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
MINSK, 17 February 2003- Belarus and the OSCE are to "open a new page" in their relations, the Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, said on Monday. "My endeavour will be to establish an atmosphere of trust and mutual...
Russian journalist wins OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy
Publishing date: 10 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
COPENHAGEN, 10 February 2003- The Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya, is to receive this year's OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy for her courageous professional work in support of "human rights and freedom of the media"...
OSCE Chairmanship names Head of OSCE Office in Minsk
Publishing date: 30 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 30 January 2003- The Dutch Chairmanship of the OSCE today announced the appointment of Ambassador Eberhard Heyken of Germany as Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk. Ambassador Heyken, an experienced diplomat whose most recent appointments...
OSCE holds training seminar for new anti-trafficking hotline consultants
Publishing date: 13 December 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: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 13 December 2002- Today and tomorrow, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) are holding a two-day training seminar for consultants working for...
OSCE to hold series of seminars for judges in Ukraine
Publishing date: 9 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
KYIV, 9 December 2002- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Comparative Law Center at Ukraine's Ministry of Justice will organize a seminar on the application of the European Court on Human Rights's case law in...