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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Dutch Government finances OSCE judicial and prison reform activities in Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 23 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing
BELGRADE, 23 August 2002- Agreements relating to the funding a number of OSCE activities in the field of judicial and prison reform by the Netherlands Government were signed today by the Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to the FRY...
OSCE-supervised melange project in Georgia successfully concluded
Publishing date: 16 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 16 August 2002- The Melange project, an OSCE-supervised project aimed at producing fertilizer from highly explosive missile fuel in Georgia, has been successfully concluded. "The international co-operation of German experts with local...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office supports election assistance in Montenegro
Publishing date: 14 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Elections
LISBON, 14 August 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office today expressed his full support for the efforts of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, through its Office in Montenegro, as well as the technical experts...
Taking steps against discrimination of women in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 7 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 7 August 2002- Participants in a roundtable on equality between men and women in Tajikistan have stressed the need for accessible and fast mechanisms for enforcing legal provisions. The roundtable, organized on 5 August by the OSCE...
OSCE works with Ukraine to train judges in Crimea
Publishing date: 2 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization
KYIV, 2 August 2002- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine co-organized a two-day seminar last month for judges from the Crimean Appeals Court in Simferopol. The aim was to provide the bench with a better understanding of property law...
Clock starts running on 1 August for Croatian Government's action on property repossession
Publishing date: 1 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 1 August 2002- Legal provisions coming into effect today set a series of deadlines for the Croatian Government to promptly return occupied private properties to their owners...
OSCE holds first forum on education development in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 1 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 1 August 2002- The first in a series of co-ordination meetings open to all those involved in education in Bosnia and Herzegovina was held today in Sarajevo. As the name implies, the purpose of these Education Forums is to serve...