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International organizations welcome steps towards signing of Bologna Declaration by Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 25 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 25 April 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council of Europe and the Office of the High Representative welcome the steps taken by both entity education ministers towards the signature of the Bologna...

OSCE Office launches website on competition policy in Armenia

Publishing date: 25 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
YEREVAN, 25 April 2003- The official website of the State Commission on Protection of Economic Competition of Armenia has been launched with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan. The website provides a full range of information on...

OSCE/ODIHR Director visits Azerbaijan to review preparations for upcoming presidential elections

Publishing date: 24 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 24 April 2003- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal, arrived in Baku today for a first visit to Azerbaijan. Ambassador Strohal, who has been heading the OSCE's...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office: no premature discussion about final status of Kosovo

Publishing date: 24 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Policing
THE HAGUE, 24 April 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, does not support the idea of starting a discussion now about the final status of Kosovo. "I believe such a discussion is premature at...

Draft Tajik advertising law discussed at OSCE roundtable

Publishing date: 23 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 23 April 2003- Provisions of a draft Tajik law on advertising have been reviewed in an OSCE roundtable in the country's capital, Dushanbe. Hosted by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, the meeting discussed the draft law from the point of...

OSCE Mission welcomes adoption of Serbian Public Information Act

Publishing date: 23 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 23 April 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, today warmly congratulated both the Serbian Assembly and Government for the adoption of the Public Information Act. The new act is a...

Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje issues joint statement

Publishing date: 21 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
SKOPJE, 21 April 2003- Statement of the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitoring Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Craig Jenness, supported by the EU Special Representative Alexis Brouhns, the United States Ambassador Lawrence Butler, and NATO...