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OSCE Chairman-in-Office addresses U.S. Congressional Commission
Publishing date: 4 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
WASHINGTON, 4 September 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, discussed terrorism, human rights and regional security issues in the OSCE area in an address to members of the United States Congress...
OSCE opens new information centre for Uzbek citizens
Publishing date: 4 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 4 September 2003- A new information centre, the Information Resource Centre (IRC), located in the premises of the OSCE Centre in Tashkent has opened its doors, providing to Uzbekistan's citizens free access to information through...
OSCE Office co-ordinates international community support for electoral process in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 4 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 4 September 2003- Six weeks before the presidential election in Azerbaijan, international community representatives stressed the importance of full implementation of the basic principles of an open and equitable election process...
Head of OSCE Mission concerned with ethnic segregation of students in Zepce
Publishing date: 1 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 1 September 2003- Ambassador Robert M. Beecroft, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, has expressed his concern about the situation in the municipality of Zepce, where he thinks that the politics of segregation is...
High time to put an end to segregation in Bosnia and Herzegovina schools
Publishing date: 17 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 17 August 2003- Representatives from the Federation, the Republika Srpska, the Cantons and Brcko District have worked intensively since August 2002, with the support of international community experts, to develop and implement...
OSCE Mission hails Bosnia and Herzegovina's new common core curriculum
Publishing date: 8 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 8 August 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina warmly welcomed today's adoption of an agreement on a country wide common core curriculum, calling it a further step towards the reform of the country's education system. The...
OSCE Office underlines media freedom on Azeri National Press Day
Publishing date: 22 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 22 July 2003- Congratulating the Azeri media on the occasion of National Press Day, the Head of the OSCE Office in Baku underlined the importance of free media for Azerbaijan's democracy. "This event should remind us of the significance of...