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OSCE Secretariat calls for proposals for 2004 video project

Publishing date: 4 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 4 March 2004- The OSCE Secretariat in Vienna is requesting professional TV production companies to submit proposals for a video film, promoting the work of the Organization. The OSCE plans to complete a 30-minute promotional film with...

New Georgian leadership welcomes activities of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities

Publishing date: 3 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, National minority issues
TBLISI, 3 March 2004- OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, who is in the middle of a three-day visit to Georgia, has been meeting the country's new leadership as well as representatives of its minority communities...

OSCE and Council of Europe experts encourage Armenia to improve election law by end of the year

Publishing date: 3 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Elections
YEREVAN/WARSAW, 3 March 2004- Armenia has the opportunity to develop an electoral law in line with international standards by the end of 2004. This was the conclusion of experts from...

OSCE mission report says situation for pre-trial detainees in Albania remains "problematic"

Publishing date: 3 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights
TIRANA, 3 March 2004- A report released today by the OSCE Presence in Albania says that the pre-trial detention situation in the country continues to be problematic. The document, which took nearly a year to compile, notes in particular the...

OSCE Media watchdog concerned over libel sentence in Italy

Publishing date: 2 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 2 March 2004- The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media is concerned about the 24 February sentencing of the Italian journalist Massimiliano Melilli to 18 months in prison for "defamation" by a court in Trieste...

OSCE/ODIHR issues final reports on elections in Georgia and Serbia

Publishing date: 2 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 2 March 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has issued its final reports on the observation of recent parliamentary elections in Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro) and the presidential election in Georgia...

OSCE Mission to Croatia report finds ethnic Serbs "disadvantaged" in war crime trials

Publishing date: 1 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 1 March 2004- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has prepared a report based on monitoring of some 75 war crime trials during 2002 which shows that defendants of Serb ethnicity are disadvantaged at all stages of judicial proceedings compared to...