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OSCE Mission Head urges improvement in education system in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 29 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 29 August 2002- State-level, Entity and Cantonal Ministers responsible for educational matters met yesterday to discuss the way forward on issues such as education legislation, the drafting of a strategy paper on education for...

Albania "in forefront of reform", outgoing OSCE mission head says

Publishing date: 29 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Permanent Council
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 29 August 2002- Albania has made encouraging progress during the last three years and is, in some respects, in the forefront of reform in south-east Europe, Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens said in his End-of-Mission address to...

Largest pan-European human rights conference convenes in Warsaw

Publishing date: 28 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 28 August 2002- More than 500 government representatives, international experts and human rights activists will gather in Warsaw from 9 to 19 September to attend Europe's largest human rights and democratization conference. The...

OSCE and Council of Europe parliamentarians conclude assessment visit to Skopje ahead of elections

Publishing date: 28 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Elections, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 28 August 2002- The joint Pre-election mission of the Parliamentary Assemblies of the Council of Europe and the OSCE visited the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from 26 to 28 August in order to assess the preparations for the...

Kosovo media to provide fair access to political entities

Publishing date: 26 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 26 August 2002- Kosovo's media outlets are to provide fair access to all political entities running in the municipal elections to ensure that voters can make an informed choice on October 26. The Central Election Commission (CEC) has...

Defence of a common future in Kosovo

Publishing date: 21 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 21 August 2002- The mobile.culture.container is a project of the Fund In Defence of our Future. Its initiator is Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. The project operates in the framework of the Stability Pact...

OSCE Mission to assess second election re-run in southern Serbia

Publishing date: 20 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 20 August 2002- The Serbian government conducted proportional municipal elections in Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac on 28 July, supported by the OSCE, its Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and other...