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Bombs destroyed under OSCE-supervised disarmament project in Georgia

Publishing date: 3 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 3 October 2003- Demolition of dangerously unstable bombs under an OSCE project commenced this week at a former military airbase at Shiraki in Eastern Georgia. It signals the next phase of the project for the "Recycling and...

International representatives in Skopje comment on 2002 Census

Publishing date: 2 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 2 October 2003- The following is a joint statement by Ambassador Craig Jenness, the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, Alexis Brouhns, the EU Special Representative, Ambassador Donato Chiarini, the Head...

OSCE trains legal professionals on new Provisional Criminal Codes for Kosovo

Publishing date: 2 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
PRISTINA, 2 October 2003- The OSCE-established Kosovo Judicial Institute (KJI) will host two training sessions this week to introduce Kosovo's legal community to the reforms contained in the new Provisional Criminal Code and...

OSCE PA Fall Meetings in Rome

Publishing date: 1 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 1 October 2003- From 9-11 October, in the Italian Parliament in Rome, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) will hold a Conference on Religious Freedom and a...

OSCE Mission in Skopje welcomes new law on Ombudsperson

Publishing date: 1 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 1 October 2003- Ambassador Craig Jenness, the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, welcomed the entry into force today of a new law strengthening the role of the Ombudsperson. "This important law is a key step forward...

Latvian human rights centre receives Van der Stoel prize 2003

Publishing date: 30 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 30 September 2003- An international jury, led by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekéus, has decided to award the inaugural Van der Stoel Prize to the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies. The prize...

OSCE to host Europe's largest human rights conference in Warsaw

Publishing date: 29 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 29 September, 2003- More than 500 international experts, government representatives, and human rights activists will gather in Warsaw from 6 to 17 October to take part in this year's session of Europe's largest human rights conference...