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OSCE to host training workshops for women candidates in Kosovo elections

Publishing date: 27 August 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 27 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE is holding a series of workshops for women candidates for the Kosovo Assembly election. The sessions will discuss the role of women in politics and how they can contribute to democratic governance in Kosovo.

Round table urges Tajikistan to restrict death penalty

Publishing date: 23 August 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 23 August 2001 (OSCE)-- A round table organized in collaboration with the OSCE Mission to Tajikistan has agreed on a set of recommendations to be put to the Government.

Finnish MP Kimmo Kiljunen to lead OSCE observation of presidential elections in Belarus

Publishing date: 23 August 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Elections
COPENHAGEN, 23 August 2001 (OSCE)- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Kimmo Kiljunen MP (Finland) will lead the OSCE Observers for the Presidential Elections in Belarus on Sunday 9 September 2001.

OSCE committed to implementation of property law in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 23 August 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 23 August 2001 (OSCE)-- With regard to recent media reports about a legal controversy regarding alleged illegal occupancy of real property in the region of Banja Luka, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina wishes to reiterate...

OSCE and High Representative welcome adoption of Election Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 23 August 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Elections
SARAJEVO, 23 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dieter Woltmann, and the High Representative, Wolfgang Petritsch, wholeheartedly welcome the adoption of the Election Law by the Bosnia and Herzegovina...

Chairman-in-Office welcomes pardon of Kyrgyz human rights activist Turgunaliyev

Publishing date: 22 August 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BUCHAREST, 22 August 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana, welcomes the decision taken by the Kyrgyz President, Askar Akayev, to sign a decree on pardoning the well-known human...

New Head appointed for Skopje Mission

Publishing date: 22 August 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SKOPJE, 22 August 2001 (OSCE)- Ambassador Craig Jenness from Canada has been appointed as new Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje. He took up his duties on 20 August. Prior to this new position, Ambassador Jenness has been...