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Head of OSCE Kosovo Mission: mutual respect is key to success

Publishing date: 23 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 23 October 2003- Kosovo is gradually facing up to the challenge of self-government, but international help will still be necessary for some time yet, in order to ensure self-sustainable progress, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, Head of the OSCE...

OSCE workshop gives Tajik journalists tools to fight corruption

Publishing date: 23 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 23 October 2003- More than 40 journalists from all regions of Tajikistan discussed practical and legal aspects of reporting on corruption at the first workshop held in the country devoted to the issue. The two-day workshop...

OSCE Mission pledges support to Serbian Refugees Commissariat

Publishing date: 22 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 22 October 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro has signed an agreement to support the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees. Under the agreement, the OSCE Mission will fund two special adviser positions within the...

Experts' meeting develops recommendations to combat human trafficking in Kosovo

Publishing date: 22 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
PRISTINA, 22 October 2003- An international conference concluded today in Kosovo with a call for the further development and co-ordination of services and resources to fight the modern form of slavery, trafficking in human beings. The OSCE Mission...

OSCE Centre co-organizes festival on environmental journalism in Dushanbe

Publishing date: 21 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 21 October 2003- A week-long event to promote and encourage environmental journalism in Central Asia and to increase public access to environmental information has started today in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe. The Third Central Asian...

OSCE's 2003 Mediterranean Seminar opens with calls for closer co-operation on security issues

Publishing date: 20 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, Partners for Co-operation
AQABA, 20 October 2003- A two-day international seminar on comprehensive security issues and the Mediterranean region, held by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), began today in Aqaba, Jordan...

OSCE's media representative alarmed over beating of journalists in Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 17 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 17 October 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed alarm over the beating of journalists by police during post-election protests in Baku yesterday. "Once again I feel compelled to express my alarm...