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OSCE inaugurates Annual Security Review Conference in Vienna

Publishing date: 25 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 25 June 2003- Opening the OSCE's first-ever Annual Security Review Conference, Ambassador Daan Everts, Head of the OSCE Task Force of the Netherlands Chairmanship, called for the meeting to produce practical tasks and recommendations...

OSCE expert urges reform of Ombudsman institution in Croatia

Publishing date: 23 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
ZAGREB, 23 June 2003- A senior OSCE consultant who has analyzed the Ombudsman Institution in Croatia has produced a report in which he recommends advancing the role of the Ombudsman as a key human rights institution in Croatia...

OSCE Albania Head welcomes approval of Electoral Code amendments

Publishing date: 20 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization
TIRANA, 20 June 2003- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania has warmly welcomed the approval on 19 June of amendments to the Electoral Code by the Assembly of Albania, with 94 votes in favour, ten more than required by the Constitution..

OSCE releases report on property rights in Kosovo

Publishing date: 20 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 20 June 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has released a new report reviewing property rights in the province. The review looks in particular at the current misadministration by government authorities in property matters...

OSCE participating States ready and willing to "take up the gauntlet" and fight anti-Semitism

Publishing date: 19 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 19 June 2003- At its first conference devoted specially to the issue of anti-Semitism, the Head of the OSCE Task Force of the current Netherlands Chairmanship, Daan Everts, declared that the OSCE would assist in promoting a change of mind...

OSCE Parliamentarians to consider current international issues in Rotterdam

Publishing date: 18 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 18 June 2003- In addition to debating draft resolutions on 'The Role of the OSCE in the New Architecture of Europe', which forms the main theme of the Twelfth Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...

OSCE PA President George concludes visit to Ukraine

Publishing date: 18 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization
KIEV, 17 June 2003- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA), Bruce George (MP, United Kingdom), paid an official visit to Ukraine from 15 to 17 June in conjunction with his participation in an OSCE Seminar on the Democratic Control...