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International agencies urge Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities to provide social welfare housing

Publishing date: 27 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 27 March 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Office of the High Representative (OHR) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have urged Bosnia and Herzegovina's authorities to begin...

International organizations condemn assault on housing official in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 26 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 26 March 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Office of the High Representative, the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) and the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) have strongly condemned the assault...

OSCE Chairman's Central Asia Envoy Ahtisaari encourages Tajikistan to pursue democratization

Publishing date: 25 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 25 March 2003- The Personal Envoy for Central Asia of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, encouraged Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmonov to continue with the valuable efforts...

Kosovo Judicial Institute sponsors judges' visit to Slovenia

Publishing date: 25 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
PRISTINA, 25 March 2003- Nine judges from across Kosovo have been selected by the OSCE-established Kosovo Judicial Institute (KJI) to visit Slovenia for study purposes throughout this week. Participants will have an opportunity to visit the...

OSCE Chairman's personal envoy for Central Asia Ahtisaari starts his first visit to region

Publishing date: 24 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 24 March 2003- Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari started his first visit to Central Asia in his capacity as the Personal Envoy for Central Asia of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO)...

OSCE/ODIHR to send fact-finding team to Chechnya

Publishing date: 19 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 19 March 2003- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will send a small team of experts on a fact-finding visit to the Russian Federation on the occasion of the referendum in Chechnya scheduled for Sunday...

OSCE Centre in Almaty rejects allegations over Duvanov case

Publishing date: 19 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
ALMATY, 19 March 2003- The OSCE Centre in Almaty rejected allegations that OSCE representatives had referred to evidence that Kazakh journalist and human rights activist Sergei Duvanov was "guilty of rape". On 11 March, a press release from...