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OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes Assembly vote on election commission

Publishing date: 1 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Elections
TIRANA, 1 August 2003- The OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes the vote taken in yesterday's extraordinary session of the Assembly, which elected Mr Dode Prenga as a new member of the Central Election Commission (CEC). After the vote, the Head of...

OSCE publishes study on media in multilingual societies

Publishing date: 31 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 31 July 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today presented to the OSCE participating States a booklet entitled Media in Multilingual Societies, a compilation of five country reports. The publication...

OSCE event discusses role of NGOs in reforming Tajik prison system

Publishing date: 30 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 30 July 2003- The important role NGOs could play in the development of prison reform in Tajikistan was the focus of an OSCE roundtable held today in the capital, Dushanbe. Main objective of the event was to raise the awareness of

OSCE's "unique police-training expertise" fulfils its role in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Publishing date: 30 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
SKOPJE, 30 July 2003- With the graduation today of 350 multi-ethnic police cadets at the Idrizovo Police Academy in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the OSCE has completed a key part of the task entrusted to it under the Ohrid agreement...

OSCE and Armenia sign agreement on implementing major Police Assistance Programme

Publishing date: 29 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Policing
YEREVAN, 29 July 2003- A Memorandum of Understanding launching a major OSCE Police Assistance Programme in Armenia was signed today between the Armenian Police Service and the OSCE Office in Yerevan. The signing ceremony comes after a visit in June...

US grant helps Georgian Border Guards and OSCE to enhance co-operation in border monitoring

Publishing date: 29 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Border management, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 29 July 2003- Better equipment for patrolling the mountainous Chechen, Ingush and Dagestan segments of the Georgian-Russian border was handed over to the Head of the Georgian border guards today at the OSCE Mission's headquarters. The...

OSCE Skopje conference ends with agreement on return of Roma refugees stranded at Greek border

Publishing date: 25 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Roma and Sinti
SKOPJE, 25 July 2003- During a regional OSCE conference on the future of Roma refugees from Kosovo, which ended this afternoon, an agreement was reached on the return to Skopje of a group of some 700 refugees currently camping at the Greek...