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Chairman-in-Office urges passing of election law in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Elections
BUCHAREST, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, deplores the most recent failure of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament to adopt the Election Law, an essential piece of legislation...
Meeting on trafficking in human beings held in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 26 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 26 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Mission to Tajikistan co-organized on 21 June a working round table meeting on the combating of trafficking in human beings, which was attended by representatives of the Tajik authorities, the judiciary...
OSCE police school hosts Kosovo 2001 Youth Congress
Publishing date: 25 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Policing, Youth
PRISTINA, 25 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE-run Kosovo Police Service School (KPSS) in Vushtrri / Vucitrn is hosting an important gathering of youth groups from all over Kosovo this week...
Albanian parliamentary elections mark progress towards international standards
Publishing date: 25 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
TIRANA, 25 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Yesterday's parliamentary elections in Albania marked progress towards meeting international standards for democratic elections, concluded the International Election Observation Mission in a statement issued today...
Drug specialists meet at OSCE conference in Georgia
Publishing date: 25 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBLISI, 25 June 2001-- Georgian, Abkhaz and South Ossetian drug specialists participated on 21 and 22 June at an OSCE-sponsored meeting held in Sukhumi, Georgia, where they familiarized themselves with regional drug-related problems...
Continued concern about harassment of media in Belarus
Publishing date: 22 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 22 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has noted the following cases of media harassment in Belarus:
Freedom of media: Italy's solution will be a precedent
Publishing date: 22 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 22 June 2001 (OSCE)-- On 21 June, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, spoke at the OSCE Permanent Council addressing his concerns regarding the central task of his mandate: the concentration of control of media