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OSCE co-ordinates sharing of ballot boxes between Armenian and Georgian elections
Publishing date: 29 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed), OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Elections
YEREVAN/TBILISI, 29 October 2003- Regional co-ordination between two OSCE missions has led to the signing of an agreement between Armenia's Central Electoral Commission and its counterpart in Georgia, covering the loan of 1,000 of Armenia's...
President Bruce George to lead OSCE Observation of Georgian Elections
Publishing date: 29 October 2003
COPENHAGEN, 29 October 2003- The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, Bruce George, will arrive in Tbilisi on Thursday to lead the OSCE Observers for the Parliamentary Elections in Georgia, which will take place on Sunday 2 November...
OSCE Mission encourages BiH entity on new conscientious objection instruction
Publishing date: 28 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 28 October 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina is encouraging the Federation BiH Minister of Defence to proceed rapidly with the implementation of a new instruction on conscientious objectors. Miroslav Nikolic, the...
OSCE Presence delivers draft property law to Albanian Assembly Speaker
Publishing date: 27 October 2003
TIRANA, 27 October 2003- The OSCE Presence in Albania delivered the final draft law on property to the Speaker of the Albanian Assembly, Servet Pellumbi, today...
OSCE Skopje Mission launches Ombudsperson media campaign
Publishing date: 24 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SKOPJE, 24 October 2003- An awareness-raising campaign aimed at bringing the Ombudsperson institution closer to the people through a series of media and promotional activities has been launched today in Skopje. "The Ombudsman is on your side...
OSCE-UNICEF youth camp aims to promote Tajik civil society
Publishing date: 24 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
GARM, TAJIKISTAN, 24 October 2003- Forty young people from Tajikistan's Rasht region are attending a joint OSCE-UNICEF camp, which aims at fostering dialogue and participation of students in decision-making on key social, democratic and...
OSCE media watchdog presents book on media freedom and the Internet
Publishing date: 23 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 23 October 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has today presented the book "Spreading the Word on the Internet" at a meeting of the Organization's decision-making body, the Permanent Council. "With the...