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Mission Head saddened by Croatian Serb official's death, urges condemnation of ethnic discrimination

Publishing date: 28 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: National minority issues
ZAGREB, 28 October 2002- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, said on Monday that he was shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death of Milos Vojnovic last Friday. In a letter of condolence...

OSCE Mission reacts to "kamikaze" report of Azerbaijani TV

Publishing date: 25 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 25 October 2002- Following the report by an Azerbaijani TV station expressing the need for kamikazes ready to sacrifice themselves for their country, the OSCE Office in Baku today said that it was monitoring very closely...

US support for OSCE policing drive will help fight terrorism and organized crime

Publishing date: 23 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Border management, Countering terrorism, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
WASHINGTON D.C., 23 October 2002- More effective policing in the volatile Central Asia region adjoining Afghanistan is among measures that will help the United States and its allies in the region to combat terrorism and crime...

OSCE Baku conference stresses role of religions in preventing terrorism

Publishing date: 11 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
BAKU, 11 October 2002 – An international OSCE conference on religious freedom and combating terrorism, which ended in Baku today, stressed the important role religions and beliefs can play in preventing terrorism and conflict. Participants also...

OSCE mission heads' meeting stresses increasing importance of Central Asian region

Publishing date: 7 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DUSHANBE, 7 October 2002- The Central Asian region is becoming increasingly important for the OSCE, the Director of the Organization's Conflict Prevention Centre, Ambassador Lamberto Zannier, told a regional meeting in the Tajik...

Survey of War Crimes Trials in Kosovo's legal system published

Publishing date: 23 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
PRISTINA, 23 September 2002- The first complete survey has just been published of how the courts in Kosovo have dealt with violations of international humanitarian law. The report, Kosovo's War Crimes Trials, covers the 17 cases of...

OSCE-run radio show in Azerbaijan focuses on human rights awareness

Publishing date: 20 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 20 September 2002- A new radio project on raising public awareness aims to stimulate discussions between the government and non-governmental sector on problematic issues of human rights in Azerbaijan. A series of radio talk shows...