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OSCE PA President Bruce George meets acting President Burjanadze of Georgia
Publishing date: 24 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
TBILISI, 24 November 2003- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Bruce George, met today in Tbilisi with the acting President of Georgia, Nino Burjanadze. Mr. George expressed his satisfaction that the constitutional and political...
Chairman of OSCE and CoE calls for peaceful solution in Georgia
Publishing date: 22 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
THE HAGUE, 22 November 2003- Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, in his capacity as both Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, today appealed...
OSCE CiO urges restraint in Georgia in aftermath of elections
Publishing date: 13 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
THE HAGUE, 13 November 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, today expressed his concern about developments following the parliamentary elections held in Georgia on 2 November...
Georgian parliamentary elections marred by confusion over voter lists
Publishing date: 3 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Elections
TBILISI, 3 November 2003- The 2 November parliamentary elections in Georgia fell short of a number of international standards. Delays and confusion over voter lists contributed to a lack of public confidence in the governmental and parliamentary...
OSCE co-ordinates sharing of ballot boxes between Armenian and Georgian elections
Publishing date: 29 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed), OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Elections
YEREVAN/TBILISI, 29 October 2003- Regional co-ordination between two OSCE missions has led to the signing of an agreement between Armenia's Central Electoral Commission and its counterpart in Georgia, covering the loan of 1,000 of Armenia's...
Bombs destroyed under OSCE-supervised disarmament project in Georgia
Publishing date: 3 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 3 October 2003- Demolition of dangerously unstable bombs under an OSCE project commenced this week at a former military airbase at Shiraki in Eastern Georgia. It signals the next phase of the project for the "Recycling and...
OSCE-supported anti-torture action plan signed off by officials and NGOs in Georgia
Publishing date: 8 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TBILISI, 8 September 2003- Top government officials and representatives of non-governmental organizations in Georgia agreed on a National Action Plan against Torture for 2003 to 2005...