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Criminal justice reform moves up the political agenda in Kyrgyzstan with OSCE conference

Publishing date: 25 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 25 January 2004- The reform of Kyrgyzstan's criminal justice system topped the agenda of an international conference, organized by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...

OSCE committed to democratic development in Georgia, says Chairman-in-Office

Publishing date: 25 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, National minority issues, Policing
TBILISI, 25 January 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, congratulated Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on his inauguration on Sunday and pledged continued OSCE support...

OSCE hosts first-ever international workshop on threat of shoulder-fired missiles to civil aviation

Publishing date: 23 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 23 January 2004- The growing threat that man-portable air defence systems (MANPADs) in the hands of terrorists pose against civil aviation topped the agenda of an international conference held jointly by the OSCE and the International Civil...

OSCE Office hosts conference on bill to reform Azerbaijani legal profession

Publishing date: 23 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights
BAKU, 23 January 2004- Participants at an OSCE Conference on the Reforms in Azerbaijani Bar System agreed on the necessity of changes in the draft Law on Advocates in order to make planned reforms more effective and efficient and to bring more...

OSCE Mission in Skopje brings communities together through books

Publishing date: 23 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 23 January 2004- A book exhibition opened today in the city of Kumanovo, after the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje donated money to buy a selection of books in Macedonian, Albanian and Serbo-Croatian for the municipal library.

OSCE missions reconfirm support for combating trafficking in south-eastern Europe

Publishing date: 22 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TIRANA, 22 January 2004- OSCE missions in south-eastern Europe reconfirmed their support to the governments of the region in combating trafficking in human beings, at a meeting...

Enlarged EU sees OSCE as support for democratic development, says Irish EU Presidency

Publishing date: 22 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 22 January 2004- As the European Union expands, it will look to the OSCE for continued promotion of democracy, human rights, the rule of law and institution-building, Ireland's Minister for European Affairs Dick Roche said...