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OSCE Chairman regrets deaths of two Ossetian peacekeepers
Publishing date: 13 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SOFIA, 13 October 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, expressed regret over the deaths of two Ossetian members of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. "I deeply regret...
OSCE Centre in Almaty supports Kazakhstan's efforts in combating corruption
Publishing date: 13 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 13 October 2004- The OSCE Centre in Almaty supports continued efforts of the Government of Kazakhstan to combat corruption, money laundering and economic crime, said its Head, Ambassador Ivar Vikki. Speaking at...
OSCE Mission to honour most tolerant town in Serbia and Montenegro
Publishing date: 13 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 13 October 2004- Raising awareness of the need for multi-cultural and multi-ethnic co-existence is the aim of the "Municipal Award for Tolerance 2004" scheme, launched today by Maurizio Massari, Head of the OSCE Mission to...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission in Skopje for referendum
Publishing date: 12 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 12 October 2004- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has deployed an observation mission to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for the 7 November referendum on the Law on Territorial Organization, which sets out...
OSCE Skopje mission supports free legal advice project "Lawyers in Municipalities"
Publishing date: 12 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SKOPJE, 12 October 2004- The third phase of free legal advice project, entitled Lawyers in Municipalities, began today in the towns of Lipkovo, Aracinovo, Bogovinje and Kamenjane. Initiated and financed by the OSCE's Skopje mission, the project offers...
OSCE Mission welcomes Georgian Parliament's new Code of Conduct for public trust
Publishing date: 12 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization
TBILISI, 12 October 2004- Head of OSCE Mission to Georgia today welcomed the Georgian Parliament's adoption of its new Code of Conduct as another step towards strengthened democratic values and public accountability. "I recognize the Parliament's...
OSCE/ODIHR expresses concern over unprecedented verbal attacks on Election Observation Mission in Belarus
Publishing date: 11 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/MINSK, 11 October 2004- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Election Observation Mission to the 17 October parliamentary elections in Belarus has recently been the object of sustained negative and aggressive...