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Statement on adoption of amendments to Latvian election laws

Publishing date: 10 May 2002
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 10 May 2002- The following statement was issued by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekéus, today: "I welcome the adoption today by the Saeima (Latvian Parliament) of bill...

Seminar in Georgia focuses on human rights monitoring and reporting

Publishing date: 10 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TBILISI, 10 May 2002- International human rights law and monitoring techniques will be the focus of a series of training seminars that started today in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. The training seminars are initiated by the OSCE's...

High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina urges OSCE to give more support to return process

Publishing date: 9 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 9 May 2002- In his last address as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wolfgang Petritsch urged the OSCE Delegations today to lobby their governments for support for the process of return of refugees and displaced...

OSCE held human rights session for Kosovo's ministers

Publishing date: 8 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
PRISTINA, 8 May 2002- An orientation session for ministers of Kosovo's provisional government focused on the importance of human rights in the decision-making process. The session, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...

OSCE at important moment in its evolution, says new Chairman-in-Office

Publishing date: 2 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing
VIENNA, 2 May 2002- The new Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, said on Thursday that the Organization was at an important moment in its evolution but stressed that it should remain an effective forum...

Freimut Duve: Free media non-existent in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 30 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 April 2002- In light of the several cases of media harassment recently reported in Turkmenistan, OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, said the country lacks any freedom of expression. In a letter...

Religious extremism and ways to respond it discussed at conference in Dushanbe

Publishing date: 29 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 29 April 2002- Religious extremism, its roots and the conditions under which it grows were discussed in the conference "Combating Extremism and Strengthening Democratic Institutions: Problems and Prospects", held in Dushanbe...