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OSCE Centre in Ashgabad contributes to first roundtable in Turkmenistan on legal ethics

Publishing date: 2 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ASHGABAD, 2 May 2003- The OSCE Centre in Ashgabad contributed to a roundtable held in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabad, today, entitled "Legal Ethics for Legal Advisers". The event, the first at which this issue was discussed in Turkmenistan, was...

Five Ambassadors to OSCE start Central Asian tour in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 2 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Policing
BISHKEK, 2 May 2003- A delegation of five Ambassadors to the OSCE finished a three-day visit to Kyrgyzstan today, their first stop on a tour of three Central Asian states. The Heads of the permanent delegations of Bulgaria, France, Ireland...

Fighting terrorism, respect for human rights focus of OSCE meeting in Baku

Publishing date: 30 April 2003
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: Human rights, Countering terrorism
BAKU, 30 April 2003- An OSCE meeting has opened today in the Azeri capital, Baku, focusing on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1373, which calls for States to co-operate in the global struggle against terrorism. One of...

International organizations welcome steps towards signing of Bologna Declaration by Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 25 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 25 April 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council of Europe and the Office of the High Representative welcome the steps taken by both entity education ministers towards the signature of the Bologna...

OSCE/ODIHR Director visits Azerbaijan to review preparations for upcoming presidential elections

Publishing date: 24 April 2003
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, Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 24 April 2003- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal, arrived in Baku today for a first visit to Azerbaijan. Ambassador Strohal, who has been heading the OSCE's...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office: no premature discussion about final status of Kosovo

Publishing date: 24 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Policing
THE HAGUE, 24 April 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, does not support the idea of starting a discussion now about the final status of Kosovo. "I believe such a discussion is premature at...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 22 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
BISHKEK, 22 April 2003- On an official visit to Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, said that in multi-ethnic societies politics should be oriented towards integration rather than towards assimilation or...