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OSCE Mission proposes reintroducing live broadcasts of parliamentary sessions in Montenegro

Publishing date: 8 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 8 September, 2003- In a proposal submitted to Montenegro's Government and opposition representatives on 5 September to help in resolving a parliamentary crisis, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro has suggested to reintroducing...

Expert workshop on Ombudsman draft law held in Armenia

Publishing date: 5 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
YEREVAN, 5 September 2003- The draft law on the institution of a Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) was discussed in Armenia's National Assembly on 2 and 3 September. The event was co-organized by the National Assembly, the OSCE Office in Yerevan...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office addresses U.S. Congressional Commission

Publishing date: 4 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
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 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...

OSCE Media Representative and Council of Europe call on Russia to reconsider legislation on libel

Publishing date: 29 August 2003
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 29 August 2003- Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, today made the following joint statement regarding the recent sentencing of Russian journalist...

Media commissioner warns Kosovo dailies over inaccurate reporting on violence

Publishing date: 22 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 22 August 2003- The Temporary Media Commission has monitored coverage in recent days of the attack on Serb children at Gorazhdevac with particular attention to the factual accuracy of news reports and commentary. At all times...