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Albanian Foreign Minister praises OSCE and its role in his country at Permanent Council

Publishing date: 26 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Permanent Council
What we do: Combating human trafficking, Human rights, Democratization
VIENNA, 26 February 2004- Albania's Foreign Minister Dr. Kastriot Islami said that his country will continue to work and co-operate with the OSCE in all areas of common concern. "Albania has a high appraisal of the OSCE and its role," Dr. Islami...

OSCE approves new mandate for Presence in Albania

Publishing date: 18 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating human trafficking, Human rights, Elections, Democratization, Media freedom and development, Policing
TIRANA, 18 December 2003- The OSCE Permanent Council, representing the Organization's 55 participating States, today approved a new mandate for the OSCE Presence in Albania. The new mandate had been drafted at the request of Albania, as the host...

OSCE/ODIHR stresses that progress on electoral reform in Albania must lead to improved local elections

Publishing date: 14 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating human trafficking, Human rights, Elections, Democratization
TIRANA, 14 July 2003- On his first visit to Albania as Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal welcomed the agreement reached by the bi-partisan committee on reforms to...

Hundreds of cyclists tour Montenegro, Albania and Italy to highlight scourge of trafficking

Publishing date: 6 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating human trafficking, Human rights
TIRANA, 6 May 2003- Over 400 hundred people took part in a ten-day biking tour through Montenegro, Albania and Italy to raise awareness about human trafficking. The tour, which started in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 27 April finished in Durres...

OSCE to evaluate women's rights and anti-trafficking project in Albania

Publishing date: 22 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating human trafficking, Human rights, Roma and Sinti
TIRANA, 22 January 2003- Achievements and future activities of an OSCE project on Women's Rights and Anti-Trafficking Education (WRATE) will be discussed in a three-day meeting to start in Tirana tomorrow. Ambassador Osmo Lipponen, the Head of...

OSCE missions recall International Human Rights Day

Publishing date: 10 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating human trafficking, Human rights
TIRANA, 10 December 2002- The OSCE Presence in Albania congratulates all Albanian citizens, state and political leaders, non-governmental organizations and other individuals and institutions who have been dedicated to promoting...

OSCE roundtable in Albania discusses women's rights, anti-trafficking

Publishing date: 15 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating human trafficking, Human rights
TIRANA, 15 November 2002- Women's rights in Albania and measures against trafficking in human beings supported by the OSCE brought together Albanian and international experts in a roundtable today. The Tirana roundtable, hosted...