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OSCE Centre supports dialogue between civil society institutions, election commissions and media in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 30 August 2004- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek has supported an initiative of the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan and the Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society to hold a conference focused on establishing an open public dialogue...
OSCE Office holds seminar in Baku on fighting human trafficking
Publishing date: 26 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BAKU, 26 August 2004- The necessity and effectiveness of close co-operation in the fight against human trafficking was emphasized by participants at a one-day seminar held today by the OSCE Office in Baku. The event is aimed at...
OSCE Chairman urges demilitarisation of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 20 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
SOFIA, 20 August 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy expressed concern over recent developments in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict in messages to Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity. In a
OSCE Mission organizes summer retreat for Kosovo's Youth Assemblies
Publishing date: 19 August 2004
PRISTINA, 19 August 2004- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is today beginning the first of two four-day retreats with participants of Kosovo's Youth Assemblies. More than 240 members of 10 Youth Assemblies will travel to Montenegro to widen the network...
OSCE Skopje Mission and Italian Embassy assist Border Police modernisation
Publishing date: 10 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SKOPJE, 10 August 2004- Over 60,000 Euros worth of computer equipment for the Border Police has been handed over to the Interior Ministry in Skopje today. The equipment will enable border police offices in the south and the east of the country to...
OSCE Chairman believes time ripe for transforming Organization to meet changed political realities
Publishing date: 9 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 9 August 2004- In a letter sent at the start of the OSCE's traditional summer break, the Chairman-in-Office, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has signalled his intention to try and push through various reforms, in order to...
OSCE Magazine spotlights Tajikistan's revitalized push for land reform
Publishing date: 2 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 2 August 2004- Tajikistan's ambitious land reform programme and its twin goals of economic and human security come under the spotlight in the OSCE Magazine's latest issue, now available online and in print. A series of articles examines how...