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OSCE Envoy urges focus on dialogue and NGOs in Central Asia

Publishing date: 11 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Human rights
VIENNA, 11 June 2003- Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, who is Personal Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia, on Wednesday stressed the importance of strengthening civil society and regional co-operation in helping...

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Kyrgyzstan share interest in strengthening of parliamentary system

Publishing date: 10 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
BISHKEK, 10 June 2003- Bruce George, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, paid a visit to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on 9 and 10 June, 2003, to express the Assembly's and his own personal strong interest in reforms...

OSCE begins training for Georgian police officers on combating domestic violence

Publishing date: 10 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Policing
TBILISI, 10 June 2003- A workshop for high-ranking police officers on combating domestic violence is being held in Tbilisi this week. The three-day training seminar has been organized by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...

OSCE Mission dissatisfied by outcome of Montenegrin human trafficking case

Publishing date: 10 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
BELGRADE, 10 June 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro is dissatisfied that the municipal prosecutor has decided not to proceed with a high-profile human trafficking case in Montenegro, in which a young woman from Moldova accused...

President George Opens OSCE PA Trans-Asian Forum in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 7 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
ALMATY, 7 June 2003- "Genuine security in Central Asia cannot be advanced without improvements in the economic conditions in which people are living. International economic organizations can assist in positive development...

OSCE's human rights chief visits Central Asia

Publishing date: 6 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
WARSAW, 6 June 2003- Ambassador Christian Strohal, the Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, left for a four-day visit to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan today. During his visit to the two Central Asian states...

OSCE welcomes agreement of Bosnia and Herzegovina's education ministers to reform 2003-2004 school curriculum

Publishing date: 5 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 5 June 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina today welcomed the signing in Banja Luka of an agreement to implement a common curriculum throughout the country...