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OSCE, UN step up tackling environmental threats to security

Publishing date: 14 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 14 November 2003- The OSCE and two UN agencies today agreed on new efforts to fight environmental threats to security. Under an agreement signed in Vienna this morning, the three international organizations will jointly adress problems...

OSCE Presence to observe re-run of local government elections in Albania

Publishing date: 14 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
TIRANA, 14 November 2003- The OSCE Presence in Albania will deploy a number of teams to observe the re-run of the October local government elections on 16 November...

Azerbaijan election failed to meet international standards, says OSCE/ODIHR

Publishing date: 13 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 13 November 2003- A report issued by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today concludes that the 15 October 2003 presidential election in Azerbaijan failed to meet OSCE commitments and other international standards...

OSCE CiO urges restraint in Georgia in aftermath of elections

Publishing date: 13 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
THE HAGUE, 13 November 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, today expressed his concern about developments following the parliamentary elections held in Georgia on 2 November...

OSCE in Bishkek hosts meeting on dispute resolution for small enterprises

Publishing date: 12 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 12 November 2003- More than 70 participants from Central Asia took part in an OSCE Conference in the Kyrgyz capital, dealing with the importance of dispute resolution in the creation of a favourable business environment for SMEs in

OSCE Kosovo Mission begins specialized police and public safety training programmes

Publishing date: 11 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Policing
PRISTINA, 11 November 2003- The OSCE-run Kosovo Police Service School this week begins advanced training programmes for the Kosovo Police Service and public safety agencies. Specific curricula for courses in special weapons and tactics (SWAT)...

Serbian and Kosovo journalists discuss common issues

Publishing date: 10 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 11 November 2003- A follow-up meeting to establish an information network between Serbian and Kosovo editors-in-chief, media executives and leading journalists has started this morning in Skopje. Organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and...