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OSCE Mission to BiH signs partnership agreements with entity Associations of Municipalities and Cities
Publishing date: 19 June 2013
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina signed partnership agreements with the Associations of Municipalities and Cities (AMC) of the Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska on 19 June 2013 that will strengthen the Associations’ co-operation with municipal assemblies and councils, and intensify inter-municipal and inter-institutional co-operation in the country...
Head of OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina calls for permanent solution on Single Reference Number issue for newborn children
Publishing date: 14 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 14 June 2013- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fletcher M. Burton, today welcomed that a short-term solution was found to enable a three-month BiH-born girl to be transported to a clinic in Germany for urgent medical treatment. He urged Parliamentarians to reach a compromise solution on the Single Reference Number for all new-borns in the country which would allow the children to be issued identity documents...
Co-operation between institutions, citizens, private sector highlighted at the OSCE-supported security policy course in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 6 June 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
A two-week annual security policy course concluded in Sarajevo on 6 June 2013. It was organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in partnership with the country’s Ministry of Security and Inter-ministerial Working Group for Monitoring of the Implementation of BiH Security Policy...
OSCE announces winners of environmental reporting competition in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 6 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Environmental activities
SARAJEVO, 6 June 2013 – As part of the observance of World Environment Day, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina honoured the five winners of a competition for journalists reporting on environmental issues in Sarajevo yesterday...
Preventing terrorist use of explosives and chemicals discussed at OSCE meeting in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 5 June 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, held on 5 June 2013 a roundtable meeting in Sarajevo on the implementation of preventive aspects of the International Terrorist Bombings Convention...
Head of OSCE Mission to BiH welcomes improved co-operation between Croatia and BiH war crimes prosecutors
Publishing date: 3 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 3 June 2013 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fletcher M. Burton, welcomed today the signing of a protocol between the State Attorney's Office of Croatia and the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina on co-operation in the prosecution of perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide...
OSCE welcomes Brčko District’s legislative amendments on human trafficking, encourages entities to follow suit
Publishing date: 28 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SARAJEVO, 28 May 2013 – The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nina Suomalainen, and the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, today commended the Brčko District authorities for passing amendments to the Brčko District Criminal Code regarding human trafficking that brings it in line with relevant international standards and the BiH Criminal Code...