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Head of OSCE Kosovo Mission: mutual respect is key to success
Publishing date: 23 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 23 October 2003- Kosovo is gradually facing up to the challenge of self-government, but international help will still be necessary for some time yet, in order to ensure self-sustainable progress, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, Head of the OSCE...
Skopje OSCE Mission sponsors prosecutors' seminar on mediation in criminal procedures
Publishing date: 23 October 2003
SKOPJE, 23 October 2003- A three-day seminar on mediation in criminal procedures started today in Ohrid, as part of the support the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje gives the Public Prosecutors' Association to streamline criminal...
OSCE workshop gives Tajik journalists tools to fight corruption
Publishing date: 23 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 23 October 2003- More than 40 journalists from all regions of Tajikistan discussed practical and legal aspects of reporting on corruption at the first workshop held in the country devoted to the issue. The two-day workshop...
OSCE Mission pledges support to Serbian Refugees Commissariat
Publishing date: 22 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 22 October 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro has signed an agreement to support the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees. Under the agreement, the OSCE Mission will fund two special adviser positions within the...
Experts' meeting develops recommendations to combat human trafficking in Kosovo
Publishing date: 22 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
PRISTINA, 22 October 2003- An international conference concluded today in Kosovo with a call for the further development and co-ordination of services and resources to fight the modern form of slavery, trafficking in human beings. The OSCE Mission...
Anti-terrorism measures high on OSCE seminar agenda in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 22 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Countering terrorism
DUSHANBE, 21 October 2003- Measures against terrorism taken by Tajikistan in the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1373 topped the agenda of a two-day OSCE seminar held in Dushanbe. The event, which ended yesterday, aimed...
OSCE Centre co-organizes festival on environmental journalism in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 21 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: 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: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 21 October 2003- A week-long event to promote and encourage environmental journalism in Central Asia and to increase public access to environmental information has started today in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe. The Third Central Asian...