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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Europe's largest meeting of domestic election observers opens in Zagreb today
Publishing date: 25 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
ZAGREB, 25 June 2003- Domestic election observers from across Europe and other regions convene in Zagreb today to identify strategies to improve the effectiveness and professionalism of observer groups and address limitations to their work...
OSCE inaugurates Annual Security Review Conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 25 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 25 June 2003- Opening the OSCE's first-ever Annual Security Review Conference, Ambassador Daan Everts, Head of the OSCE Task Force of the Netherlands Chairmanship, called for the meeting to produce practical tasks and recommendations...
Expert meeting develops recommendations for reform of Montenegro's anti-trafficking legislation
Publishing date: 25 June 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
PODGORICA, 25 June 2003- International and national legal experts met in Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro, this week to develop recommendations for the reform of anti-trafficking provisions in Montenegro's criminal law...
OSCE Mission and Minister for human and minority rights discuss needs for donor support
Publishing date: 23 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 23 June 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro hosted today a donors meeting during which representatives of the country's Ministry of Human and Minority Rights stressed in particular the need for legal support for minorities...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad holds roundtable on taxation
Publishing date: 23 June 2003
ASHGABAD, 23 June 2003- A recent OSCE-organized roundtable focussed on the taxation of legal entities in the light of institutional development in Turkmenistan...
OSCE releases report on property rights in Kosovo
Publishing date: 20 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 20 June 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has released a new report reviewing property rights in the province. The review looks in particular at the current misadministration by government authorities in property matters...
OSCE raises concern about libel and slander provisions in new Armenian Criminal Code
Publishing date: 19 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
YEREVAN, 19 June 2003- In an open letter sent today to the Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly, the OSCE Office in Yerevan raised concerns about libel and slander provisions in the country's new Criminal Code...