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Kyrgyz President says OSCE Academy in Bishkek to become a "centre of excellence"
Publishing date: 11 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 11 May 2004- Visiting the OSCE Academy in Bishkek today, Krygyzstan's President Askar Akaev said he is committed to making the Academy a "centre of excellence", which educates future Central Asian leaders and deals with analysis and research...
Warsaw to host conference on role of democratic institutions
Publishing date: 10 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
WARSAW, 10 May 2004- Challenges to the democratic process in both developing and established democracies will be the focus of a three-day conference in the Polish capital of Warsaw, beginning Wednesday, 12 May. The event is organized by the...
OSCE Chairman condemns terrorist attack in Chechnya
Publishing date: 10 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ZAGREB, 10 May 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy strongly condemned Sunday's terrorist attack in Chechnya, in which Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov and a number of other people were killed. He called the Grozny bomb blast "a vicious act of"...
OSCE Chairman encourages UN Security Council to seek OSCE support in Iraq, Afghanistan
Publishing date: 7 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
NEW YORK, 7 May 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy told the UN Security Council on Friday that the 55-nation security body would be willing to offer its assistance in rebuilding democratic institutions in Iraq and Afghanistan if requested...
OSCE Mission welcomes appointment of judges to Court of Serbia and Montenegro
Publishing date: 7 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 7 May 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro has today welcomed the appointment of seven judges to the Court of Serbia and Montenegro. The Court is the last institution to be established in accordance with the Belgrade Agreement...
OSCE Skopje Mission Head attends border hand-over ceremony
Publishing date: 7 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Policing
SKOPJE, 7 May 2004- The Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission in Skopje, Ambassador Carlos Pais, today attended a ceremony marking the first transfer of border authority from the Defence Ministry to the Interior Ministry...
OSCE Mission signs economic, environmental development agreement with Nis municipality
Publishing date: 7 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 7 May 2004- A strategic partnership for sustainable development was sealed today by the Serbian town of Nis and the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro...