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Sustainable business development is best conflict prevention, say OSCE seminar participants

Publishing date: 17 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 17 November 2003- The importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in transition economies and their role in economic development and employment is the topic of an international OSCE seminar that takes place in Armenia today...

Expert workshop on alternative service organized in Armenia

Publishing date: 30 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
YEREVAN, 30 October 2003- A draft law on alternative service was discussed during a workshop in Armenia's National Assembly on 28 and 29 October. The event was co-organized by the National Assembly, the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Council of Europe...

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...

Conference on gender equality held in Armenia

Publishing date: 19 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Gender equality, National minority issues
YEREVAN, 19 September 2003- A conference focusing on Armenia's policy on gender equality and the improvement of the status of women ended successfully in Yerevan yesterday...

Expert workshop on Ombudsman draft law held in Armenia

Publishing date: 5 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
YEREVAN, 5 September 2003- The draft law on the institution of a Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) was discussed in Armenia's National Assembly on 2 and 3 September. The event was co-organized by the National Assembly, the OSCE Office in Yerevan...

OSCE Mission helps train Armenian judges in new Criminal Code

Publishing date: 25 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
YEREVAN, 25 August 2003- Judges from all levels of the Armenian court system have been given training, jointly organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, to improve their understanding of the new Criminal Code, which came into force on 1 August...

Serious efforts needed to restore public confidence, says ODIHR report on Armenian parliamentary elections

Publishing date: 1 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 1 August 2003- Serious efforts must be made to improve the legal framework and conduct of elections in Armenia if public confidence in the electoral process there is to be restored, says the final report on the 25 May parliamentary elections...