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US grant helps Georgian Border Guards and OSCE to enhance co-operation in border monitoring

Publishing date: 29 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Border management, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 29 July 2003- Better equipment for patrolling the mountainous Chechen, Ingush and Dagestan segments of the Georgian-Russian border was handed over to the Head of the Georgian border guards today at the OSCE Mission's headquarters. The...

OSCE Chairmanship concerned about media situation in Armenia

Publishing date: 25 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
THE HAGUE, 25 July 2003- The Netherlands Chairmanship of the OSCE is concerned about the recent decision of the National Commission on Television and Radio in Armenia not to award broadcasting licences to two independent television...

Council of Europe Secretary General highlights human trafficking in OSCE address

Publishing date: 24 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 24 July 2003- The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Walter Schwimmer, today stressed the need for co-ordinated and decisive action by European institutions in consolidating democracy and the rule of law...

OSCE minorities commissioner welcomes Tajikistan's willingness to promote inter-ethnic relations

Publishing date: 24 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
DUSHANBE, 24 July 2003- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, discussed the situation of national minorities, including issues related to education, language use and political participation, on a three-day visit to...

OSCE adopts Action Plan to combat human trafficking

Publishing date: 24 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Countering terrorism, National minority issues
VIENNA, 24 July 2003- The OSCE Permanent Council today adopted an Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings which envisages new measures against this modern form of slavery at national and international level. The OSCE's 55 participating...

Vocational education school invests in Kosovo's future

Publishing date: 23 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 23 July 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, today inaugurated vocational training workshops run by the Danish Production School (DPS) in Kosovo's Zvecan municipality. The school offers a combination...

OSCE chiefs urge Armenian authorities and political parties to start credible process of electoral reform

Publishing date: 22 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
YEREVAN, 22 July 2003- Two leading OSCE representatives today expressed disappointment at the conduct of recent elections in Armenia and called for a credible process of electoral reform to improve future votes...