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OSCE Chairman-in-Office says continued dialogue needed in Central Asia

Publishing date: 17 July 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 Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development
THE HAGUE, 17 July 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, returned from a five-day visit to Central Asia convinced that there is no alternative to continued dialogue with the Central Asian...

OSCE Mission Head lays out five conditions for the rule of law

Publishing date: 30 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 30 June 2003- In an article published this week in Serbia's Nin magazine, the OSCE Head of Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari outlined the importance of the rule of law as a cornerstone of a democratic society...

International organizations welcome adoption of law on education in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 19 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 19 June 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council of Europe and the Office of the High Representative (OHR) welcome the adoption of the state-level Framework Law on Primary and Secondary Education...

OSCE PA President George concludes visit to Ukraine

Publishing date: 18 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization
KIEV, 17 June 2003- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA), Bruce George (MP, United Kingdom), paid an official visit to Ukraine from 15 to 17 June in conjunction with his participation in an OSCE Seminar on the Democratic Control...

OSCE Media Representative issues Amsterdam Recommendations defending freedom of the Internet

Publishing date: 17 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws
VIENNA, 17 June 2003- At the end of a two-day conference on Internet-related perils to freedom of expression, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has issued a call for the OSCE to take up a strong position towards...

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 media watchdog concerned about ownership deregulation in USA

Publishing date: 29 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 29 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed concern today over the effect that media deregulation in the USA, the most symbolically important country for the culture of press freedom...