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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...

Environmental information centre opens in Armenia

Publishing date: 21 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
YEREVAN, 21 March 2002- A memorandum of understanding on the establishment of a Public Environmental Information Centre in Armenia, the Armenian Arhus Centre, was signed by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection...

OSCE PA President Severin concludes visit to Ukraine

Publishing date: 14 March 2002
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
KIEV, 13 March 2002- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA), Adrian Severin, paid an official visit to Ukraine from 11 to 13 March. During the course of the visit, Mr. Severin met with the President of Ukraine...

Rebuilding confidence between ethnic groups may be only a bus-ride away

Publishing date: 29 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
VIENNA, 29 January 2002- After a ten-month break, the direct bus link between the town of Kumanovo and the capital, Skopje, reopened last week and its restoration was marked by offering a free ride for villagers, local administration officials...

Russia will have a future only with freedom of media, says OSCE media representative

Publishing date: 17 January 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, 17 January 2002- The events surrounding one of the Russian Federation's main private television companies, TV-6, continue to be of great concern to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve...

OSCE Media Representative: more needs to be done to safeguard journalists working in conflict zones

Publishing date: 27 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 27 November 2001-- Several journalists have been killed over the past weeks in Afghanistan. Fifty-six journalists have already been killed world-wide this year, up from 53 in 2000, according to the World Association of Newspapers...