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Agreement on protocol to implement ODIHR recommendations reached in Albania

Publishing date: 5 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
TIRANA, 5 April 2002- The Chairmen of the Socialist Party and the Democratic Party of Albania have reached agreement today on a protocol addressing some of the issues on which the two parties had some difficulties in reaching an understanding...

OSCE welcomes Serbian Government's approval of draft Law on Broadcasting

Publishing date: 5 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 5 April 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) welcomes the approval of the draft Law on Broadcasting and the decision of the Serbian Government to pass it immediately to Parliament, asking for it to be examined...

OSCE Media Representative raises concern over media freedom with Israeli Foreign Minister

Publishing date: 4 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 4 April 2002- "I am very concerned about the reported limitations imposed on the media, the violence against journalists [] promoted by the army of Israel," Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has stressed...

Kosovo's Municipal Election Commissions take on greater responsibilities

Publishing date: 4 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 4 April 2002- Municipal Election Commissions (MEC) in Kosovo will move a step further towards becoming permanent election management bodies in each of the province's 30 municipalities. Electoral Rule No. 2/2002, issued by...

OSCE concerned about attack on Kazakh senator

Publishing date: 2 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Media freedom and development
ALMATY, 2 April 2002- The OSCE Centre in Almaty is deeply concerned about the fact that, in the early morning of 2 April, special police forces physically attacked a Member of Parliament. Senator Zauresh Battalova said that she was subjected...

Ukrainian parliamentary elections mark progress but flaws persist

Publishing date: 1 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 1 April 2002- The parliamentary elections in Ukraine indicate progress towards international standards, but important flaws persist, the International Election Observation Mission said in a statement issued today...

Collective security and sustainable peace ultimate goal of disarmament, concludes OSCE Paris seminar

Publishing date: 28 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
PARIS, 28 March 2002- The socio-economic impact generated by disarmament and reductions in military expenditures were on top of the agenda of a two-day seminar, organized by the OSCE and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs...