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Kosovo Law Centre sets out future priorities

Publishing date: 10 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization
PRISTINA, 10 July 2003- At the time when the local institutions are assuming new competencies, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo is continuing the process of handing over institutions to local ownership. The Kosovo Law Centre (KLC), established by...

Wanted: Young and active people with ideas

Publishing date: 9 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 9 July 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina invites young people throughout BiH to apply for the "Successor Generation Initiative" (SGI). First launched in 2002, SGI aims to bolster exceptional young...

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopts Rotterdam Declaration

Publishing date: 9 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
ROTTERDAM, 9 July 2003- At the close of their meetings in Rotterdam from 5 to 9 July 2003, nearly 300 Parliamentarians of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted the Rotterdam Declaration focusing on the political, economic and human...

OSCE sees progress on Croatia key laws, urges faster implementation

Publishing date: 8 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing
ZAGREB, 8 July 2003- A report on Croatia's fulfillment of its international commitments was outlined to the media today by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby. The 29-page report details progress in areas under...

OSCE Head of Mission meets head of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Publishing date: 8 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 8 July 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro Ambassador Maurizio Massari today met the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Pavle to discuss issues relating to human rights, regional co-operation and peaceful...

OSCE/ODIHR assists Belarus with reforming Soviet-era population registration

Publishing date: 7 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
MINSK, 7 July 2003- International and Belarusian experts meet in Minsk today to discuss ways to reform Belarus' population registration system. With this meeting the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), together...

OSCE States urged to stimulate conditions to reap benefits of globalization

Publishing date: 4 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization
VIENNA, 4 July 2003- The first OSCE conference on the effects of globalization ended today in Vienna with calls by participants for the Organization and its participating States to further develop good governance and democratic institutions...