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Central Asia workshop introduces OSCE Handbook on Small Arms and Light Weapons

Publishing date: 18 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAD, 18 May 2004- A regional workshop on the OSCE's recently released "Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons" was held in the Turkmen capital on 17 and 18 May...

OSCE Personal Envoy Ahtisaari visits Tajikistan, discusses 2005 elections and human rights

Publishing date: 13 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 13 May 2004- The Personal Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia, Martti Ahtisaari, ended a visit to Tajikistan today after meeting local leaders to discuss forthcoming elections in the country and human rights issues...

OSCE Magazine highlights Kosovo, BiH education reform and Russian role in OSCE

Publishing date: 6 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 6 May 2004- The impact of recent events in Kosovo on the OSCE's work, the relationship between Russia and the Organization, and a special report on education reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina are among the highlights of the Magazine's May issue...

OSCE organizes high-level media events to celebrate 2004 World Press Freedom Day in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 5 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2004- A variety of events highlighting the importance of freedom of the media marked this year's celebrations of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May in Tajikistan...

Kosovo Media Commissioner looks into TV stations during March violence

Publishing date: 23 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 23 April 2004- Prudent, calm and accurate journalism might have prevented or at least lessened the scale and intensity of the violence that occurred in Kosovo in mid-March, the Temporary Media Commissioner, Robert Gillette, said...

OSCE Office concerned about violence in Armenia

Publishing date: 14 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
YEREVAN, 14 April 2004- The OSCE Office in Yerevan is alarmed at recent developments in Armenia and calls on all the parties involved to resolve their differences through a political dialogue to ease tensions in the country. "The police action in...

OSCE, Swiss mine expert group launch second phase of Tajikistan mine action project

Publishing date: 9 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
DUSHANBE, 9 April 2004- The second part of a project to save Tajikistan from its bitter civil war legacy, landmines, was launched yesterday in the country's capital, Dushanbe. Under an agreement signed between the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the...