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Dushanbe roundtable marks seventh anniversary of end of civil war

Publishing date: 22 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 22 July 2004- Strengthening national unity through the development of a multi-party system, civil society, elections and media freedom were the focus of a roundtable held yesterday in the Tajik capital to mark the end in 1997 of the bitter...

OSCE High Commissioner urges implementation of education reform in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 21 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 22 July 2004- President Askar Akaev of Kyrgyzstan has welcomed a new report on minorities and education in the country, saying that it would "open up a new phase in the ethnic policy of Kyrgyzstan." A Working Group on Integration through...

OSCE Chairman calls for international code of conduct on dealing with hostage-taking

Publishing date: 20 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Countering terrorism
NEW YORK, 20 July 2004-The OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, called on the international community on Tuesday to develop a code of conduct for responding to hostage-taking...

OSCE events focus on probation reform in Central Asia

Publishing date: 20 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights
BISHKEK/WARSAW, 20 July 2004-An OSCE-conference held in Bishkek on 19 and 20 July focused on reform of Kyrgyzstan's probation service, including the possibility of transferring this service from the Interior to the Justice Ministry...

Transdniestrians step up "linguistic cleansing" with orders to empty Moldovan-language school

Publishing date: 20 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
CHISINAU, 20 July 2004- The crisis continues to deepen in the campaign against Moldovan schools teaching the state language in Latin script in the breakaway region of Transdniestria. Local authorities there continue what is termed "linguistic...

OSCE Centre in Tashkent organizes roundtable for farmers and lawyers in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 19 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 19 July 2004- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent (CiT) is to hold a two-day roundtable on 20 and 21 July entitled "Providing Legal Assistance to Farmers", aimed at lawyers and farmers from every region of Uzbekistan...

OSCE Centre trains journalists in Uzbekistan's Karakalpak Autonomous Republic

Publishing date: 18 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Media freedom and development
TASHKENT, 18 July 2004- The second of a series of training courses for local journalists from the Karakalpak Autonomous Republic in Uzbekistan ended today. The event was organized by the OSCE Centre in Tashkent...