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OSCE/ODIHR welcomes abolishment of language requirements in Latvian election law

Publishing date: 10 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: National minority issues
WARSAW, 10 MAY 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcomes yesterday's decision by the Latvian Parliament to abolish provisions in the election law requiring Latvian...

Seminar in Georgia focuses on human rights monitoring and reporting

Publishing date: 10 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TBILISI, 10 May 2002- International human rights law and monitoring techniques will be the focus of a series of training seminars that started today in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. The training seminars are initiated by the OSCE's...

High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina urges OSCE to give more support to return process

Publishing date: 9 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 9 May 2002- In his last address as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wolfgang Petritsch urged the OSCE Delegations today to lobby their governments for support for the process of return of refugees and displaced...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office speaks to Helsinki Committee of United States Congress

Publishing date: 8 May 2002
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
WASHINGTON, 8 May 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs Martins da Cruz, reiterated during a visit to the United States capital, Washington D.C., the will of the Chairmanship to consolidate the role of...

Deputy mission heads in Tirana to visit northeastern Albania

Publishing date: 8 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
TIRANA, 8 May 2002- On the occasion of the "Europe Day" on 9 May, a delegation of more than twenty representatives of diplomatic and inter-governmental missions based in Tirana will tomorrow start a four-day visit to northeastern...

Kosovo Central Election Commission sets dates for political entity certification

Publishing date: 8 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 8 May 2002- Political entities wishing to contest the 26 October municipal elections will have to meet a list of requirements from 3 to 28 June before the Central Election Commission (CEC) approves their application...

OSCE held human rights session for Kosovo's ministers

Publishing date: 8 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
PRISTINA, 8 May 2002- An orientation session for ministers of Kosovo's provisional government focused on the importance of human rights in the decision-making process. The session, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...