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Central Election Commission approves final results of Kosovo's local elections

Publishing date: 3 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 3 November 2002- UN Special Representative, Michael Steiner, has today certified the final results of the OSCE-organized Municipal Assembly elections in Kosovo on the positive recommendation of the Central Election...

OSCE Mission Head welcomes start of Community Policing in Croatia

Publishing date: 31 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Policing
ZAGREB, 31 October 2002- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, welcomed today the start of Community Policing pilot projects set to be launched on 1 November. "We welcome this first step towards...

OSCE eager to pursue fruitful co-operation with Kazakh authorities, says Chairman-in-Office

Publishing date: 31 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development
ALMATY, 31 October 2002- Completing a two-day visit to Kazakhstan, OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister, Antonio Martins da Cruz stressed the importance of the OSCE's co-operation with Kazakhstan...

OSCE's human rights office launches training course for Azerbaijani border guards in Poland

Publishing date: 24 October 2002
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
WARSAW, 24 October 2002- Starting today, a group of 15 border guards from Azerbaijan will be trained at the Polish border guards academy in Ketrzyn. The one-year programme has been organized and sponsored by the OSCE's...

OSCE Moldova Mission reports Gagauzia voting "calm" but serious concerns remain

Publishing date: 23 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Democratization, Elections, National minority issues
CHISINAU, 23 October 2002- The OSCE Mission to Moldova considers that the repeated elections for the Bashkan (Governor) of Gagauzia, on 20 October, were generally held in a calm atmosphere, but noted a number of procedural irregularities and...

Banja Luka and Sanski Most firms join OSCE's Fair Employment Project

Publishing date: 17 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
BANJA LUKA, 17 October 2002- Three firms today signed a memorandum of understanding with the OSCE to participate in the Fair Employment project. The firms pledge to adopt principles of equal possibilities for all, regardless...

Bishkek seminar stresses importance of penal reform

Publishing date: 15 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 15 October 2002- Experts at a seminar in Krygyzstan on prisoners' rights stressed that penal reform, in order to be successful, needs a complex approach and allies in the government, in the Parliament, in the court system...