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OSCE minorities commissioner welcomes Tajikistan's willingness to promote inter-ethnic relations

Publishing date: 24 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
DUSHANBE, 24 July 2003- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, discussed the situation of national minorities, including issues related to education, language use and political participation, on a three-day visit to...

OSCE chiefs urge Armenian authorities and political parties to start credible process of electoral reform

Publishing date: 22 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
YEREVAN, 22 July 2003- Two leading OSCE representatives today expressed disappointment at the conduct of recent elections in Armenia and called for a credible process of electoral reform to improve future votes...

Tbilisi conference focuses on role of media in promoting gender equality

Publishing date: 21 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Gender equality, Media freedom and development
TBILISI, 21 July 2003- Over 100 journalists and media experts from the Southern Caucasus, Central Asia and Baltic States gathered in Tbilisi today for a three-day international conference on the role of media in promoting gender equality. The...

Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo visits Strpce/Shterpce

Publishing date: 18 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 18 July 2003- Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, today visited the Strpce/Shterpce municipality, where he met Kosovo Albanian returnees and inaugurated the refurbished Municipal Assembly hall. In the villages...

OSCE religion conference opens with call for respect of religious freedom in fight against terrorism

Publishing date: 17 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 17 July 2003- A two-day OSCE meeting on freedom of religion or belief opened today with a strong call on states to respect religious freedom in their fight against terrorism. "The threat of terrorism must not be used as an excuse to...

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 welcomes adoption of Ombudsman Law in Montenegro

Publishing date: 10 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE/PODGORICA, 10 July 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, has welcomed the recent adoption of the Law on the protector of human rights and freedoms (Ombudsman-type law) in...