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OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports creation of new investment promotion agency
Publishing date: 11 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Economic activities
KYIV, 11 May 2005- Stimulating foreign investment in Ukraine and providing support to businesses and investors is the aim of a new agency which opened today in the western city of Rivne. It was established jointly by the...
OSCE and IOM organize seminar for consular officials in Ukraine on human trafficking
Publishing date: 14 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 14 April 2005- Identifying potential victims of human trafficking will be the topic of a seminar for 50 representatives from foreign consulates in Ukraine to be held in Kyiv on 15 April. The seminar will tackle...
Number of children trafficked from Moldova to Russia on the rise, says new UN-OSCE report
Publishing date: 8 April 2005
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
CHISINAU, 8 April 2005- More children are being trafficked from Moldova to Russia, shows an international report presented in Moldova today. It also shows that the number of trafficked persons returning to Moldova, especially from the Western Balkans...
OSCE Magazine focuses on changes in Ukraine, challenges facing Slovenian Chairmanship
Publishing date: 4 April 2005
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 4 April 2005- An insider's account of the dramatic events behind the scenes during the recent political crisis in Ukraine and an overview of the first hectic months of Slovenia's OSCE Chairmanship are the lead items in the latest OSCE Magazine...
OSCE Chairman hopes for new impetus in efforts to find Transdniestria settlement
Publishing date: 14 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 14 March 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel said on Monday he hoped recent elections in Moldova and Ukraine would help to generate fresh impetus in efforts to find a settlement in Transdniestria. "The OSCE remains committed to...
OSCE Chairman shocked by sudden death of OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
CHISINAU, 14 March 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel expressed shock and sadness on Monday over the sudden death of Ambassador David R. Nicholas, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine. "Ambassador Nicholas had won widespread respect...
OSCE and Council of Europe hold high-level meeting, issue joint declaration
Publishing date: 23 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
STRASBOURG, 23 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Dimitrij Rupel, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Polish Foreign Minister Adam Daniel Rotfeld, and the Secretaries General of...