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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE brokers funds to help rehabilitate the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 2 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 2 February 2004- Several new projects to help in rehabilitating the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone will be financed under a 2.5 million euros grant from the European Commission brokered by the OSCE Mission to Georgia...
OSCE States pledge almost four million euros for assisting Georgia in 2004 elections
Publishing date: 19 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
TBILISI, 19 December 2003- As of today, almost four million euros have been pledged by 17 OSCE participating States for the "Georgia Elections Assistance Programme", said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, Ambassador Roy Reeve. Of this sum...
OSCE PA, ODIHR to lead observation of presidential elections in Georgia
Publishing date: 17 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Elections
COPENHAGEN, 17 December 2003- The incoming OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has appointed OSCE PA President Bruce George to lead the Short Term OSCE Observation Mission for 2004 presidential elections in Georgia...
OSCE PA President urges Georgia to hold separate parliamentary and presidential elections
Publishing date: 2 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
MAASTRICHT, 2 December 2003- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Bruce George stressed the importance of forthcoming elections in Georgia and said it would be not be possible to hold parliamentary elections on the same day as the presidential...
OSCE foreign ministers pledge immediate financial assistance for Georgian elections
Publishing date: 2 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
MAASTRICHT, 2 December 2003- Foreign ministers from OSCE participating States have pledged to provide more than five million euros in immediate assistance to Georgia to help the country organize presidential and parliamentary elections.
Georgia election a chance for new authorities to show commitment to democracy
Publishing date: 28 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Elections
TBILISI/WARSAW, 28 November 2003- The presidential election scheduled for 4 January in Georgia will provide an early opportunity to demonstrate whether the authorities now have a willingness to hold genuinely democratic elections, concludes a...
OSCE Chairman praises peaceful transition in Georgia, offers help
Publishing date: 24 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
THE HAGUE, 24 November 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister de Hoop Scheffer, praised the people of Georgia on Monday for ensuring that the weekend change in the country's leadership was accomplished without violence...