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OSCE Chairmanship welcomes invitation from Belarus to observe elections
Publishing date: 19 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
SOFIA, 19 August 2004- The Bulgarian OSCE Chairmanship welcomes the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Belarus for the OSCE to observe the Parliamentary elections scheduled for October 17...
OSCE Centre holds summer camp with focus on environmental education in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 18 August 2004
TASHKENT, 18 August 2004- A summer camp which helped promote environmental education in schools ended its work today in a mountainous area of Tashkent province. During the 12-day camp, children had a...
Georgian Foreign Minister calls for international conference on South Ossetia
Publishing date: 18 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 18 August 2004- Georgia's Foreign Minister, Salome Zourabichvili, called on Wednesday for an international conference on the Georgian-Ossetian conflict and said the OSCE should be fully involved in efforts to find a peaceful, lasting solution...
Transdniestrian authorities bar OSCE Mission staff from entering region, turn back food for orphans
Publishing date: 18 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 18 August 2004- Authorities in Moldova's Transdniestria region have banned staff of the OSCE Mission in Moldova from entering the region and turned away a delivery of food for orphans attending one of the schools which is at the centre of...
OSCE Centre, WWF gather young people in Tajikistan to discuss ecological degradation
Publishing date: 17 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 17 August 2004- 125 young people from the remote southern areas of Tajikistan came together at a summer camp focusing on environmental issues. The 10-day Ecological Education for Youth project, funded by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and WWF...
OSCE Chairman deeply concerned over reported deaths in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 13 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SOFIA, 13 August 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy said he was deeply concerned about the escalation of military confrontation in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, and in particular about reports of deaths, casualties and firing...
OSCE Centre trains domestic observers for December elections in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 13 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Elections
TASHKENT, 13 August 2004- As the parliamentary elections date in Uzbekistan draws closer, the OSCE Centre in Tashkent will launch its last training session for domestic election observers on Monday, 16 August. 90 representatives of civil society...