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OSCE Secretary General visits Kosovo, urges dialogue as way forward
Publishing date: 12 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
PRISTINA, 12 August 2005- OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut discussed the future role of the OSCE in Kosovo with the international administration, Kosovo's leaders and representatives of the Kosovo Serb community.
OSCE Secretary General visits Tashkent, calls for stronger ties with Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 29 July 2005
Content type: Press release
TASHKENT, 29 July 2005- OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut stressed the need to strengthen the relationship between the Organization and Uzbekistan in talks here with President Islam Karimov and Foreign Minister Elyer Ganiyev on...
OSCE to send election support team to Afghanistan
Publishing date: 15 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 15 July 2005- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe will send an election support team to Afghanistan to assist with parliamentary and provincial council elections scheduled for 18 September 2005...
Transition in Kyrgyzstan is focus of OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 12 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 12 July 2005- The changing of the guard in Europe's largest security organization and the OSCE's dynamic partnership with Kyrgyzstan as it ushers in a challenging phase in its history are the main themes in the OSCE Magazine's latest issue...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and partners help Ukraine draft new action plan to fight human trafficking
Publishing date: 8 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 8 July 2005- Drafting a national comprehensive programme to combat human trafficking is the focus of a three-day seminar which began today in Kyiv. Co-organized by the OSCE, it brings together representatives of state authorities, including law...
Ukrainian Eurovision winner Ruslana to back OSCE anti-trafficking campaign
Publishing date: 5 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 5 July 2005- Ukrainian singer Ruslana, the winner of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, agreed to support the campaign against human trafficking at a meeting in Kyiv with Helga Konrad, the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking...
OSCE Special Representative supports establishing Ukranian co-ordinator to fight trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 4 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 4 July 2005- The OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Helga Konrad, today supported the appointment of a national co-ordinator in Ukraine to fight human trafficking...