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OSCE Mission helps train Armenian judges in new Criminal Code

Publishing date: 25 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
YEREVAN, 25 August 2003- Judges from all levels of the Armenian court system have been given training, jointly organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, to improve their understanding of the new Criminal Code, which came into force on 1 August...

OSCE Secretary General appalled by attack on UN Headquarters in Baghdad

Publishing date: 19 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 19 August 2003- OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis expressed outrage on Tuesday over a bomb attack on United Nations Headquarters in Baghdad which caused numerous deaths and injuries. "I am utterly appalled at this senseless and cowardly...

OSCE Mission in Skopje reiterates support to Ohrid agreement

Publishing date: 14 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 14 August 2003- On yesterday's second anniversary of its signing, the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Craig Jenness, called the Ohrid Framework Agreement a monumental and courageous political achievement...

Former OSCE staff member gains top Canadian human rights award

Publishing date: 14 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 14 August 2003- Canadian human rights lawyer, Georgette Gagnon, who served from 2001 to 2003 as Director of Human Rights for the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been honoured with the Walter Tarnopolsky Human Rights...

OSCE and Kyrgyzstan sign agreement on implementing first major police assistance programme in Central Asia

Publishing date: 7 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Policing
BISHKEK, 7 August 2003- The Kyrgyz Government has signed a key agreement today with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, launching a comprehensive OSCE police assistance programme aimed at establishing community policing, improving the quality of criminal...

OSCE Mission welcomes steps towards administrative unification of schools in Herzegovina-Neretva

Publishing date: 6 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
SARAJEVO, 7 August, 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes the issuance by the Minister of Education of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of an instruction on administrative unification of the Mostar Old Gymnasium and the so-called 'two...

OSCE Kosovo Mission builds a new health centre in Gjilan/Gnjilane

Publishing date: 6 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 6 August 2003- Construction of a primary health care centre in Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality serving the Serbian and Albanian communities of Gornji Livoc/Livoq i Eperm has been completed with the funding provided by the OSCE Mission in...