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Statement from OSCE Chairman-in-Office on the situation in Abkhazia

Publishing date: 17 October 2001
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BUCHAREST, 17 October 2001 (OSCE)- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, expresses his concern about the recent developments in Georgia's breakaway...

OSCE steps up campaign against modern slavery in destination countries

Publishing date: 17 October 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
BERLIN, 17 October 2001 (OSCE)- At a two-day OSCE conference on combating trafficking in human beings government representatives and international experts expressed determination to more effectively fight against this modern form of slavery.

Third anti-corruption seminar in Ukraine

Publishing date: 16 October 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization
KYIV, 16 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine held the third seminar on "Strategies in the Fight against Corruption" on 15 and 16 October, in cooperation with the country's Public Prosecutor General.

Kosovo Central Election Commission approves candidates' lists

Publishing date: 16 October 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 16 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The Central Election Commission (CEC) has agreed to the lists of candidates submitted by political entities to contest Kosovo's election next month. In all, 1,282 candidates have been approved...

OSCE and US-based institute on ethnic relations organize roundtable in Kosovo

Publishing date: 16 October 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 16 October 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Project on Ethnic Relations are organizing a second round table to bring together Albanian, Serb and other ethnic community leaders. The Project on Ethnic Relations...

International effort and bilateral dialogue are recipe to solve Abkhazia crisis, says Georgian President

Publishing date: 16 October 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 16 October 2001 (OSCE)- An 18-nation Delegation of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe met today with the President of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze, as a concluding note of a four-day visit to the country...

Kosovo political parties fined for breaking electoral rules

Publishing date: 15 October 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 15 October 2001 (OSCE)-- Three political entities that broke Kosovo's election rules have been fined by the Election Complaints and Appeals sub Commission (ECAC)...