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Secretary General Kubis urges Tajikistan to continue reforms

Publishing date: 18 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 18 June 2002- Speaking at the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the peace accords in Tajikistan, the OSCE Secretary General, Jan Kubis, today urged the Tajik authorities "to continue with determination the reform process"...

OSCE helps rehabilitation of earthquake child victims in Georgia

Publishing date: 18 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TBILISI, 18 June 2002- A fund raised by an OSCE charity ball is being used to provide psycho-social rehabilitation to 75 children from internally displaced families who were heavily affected by an earthquake in Georgia last April...

OSCE meeting in Baku stresses need to ensure religious freedom while combating extremism

Publishing date: 18 June 2002
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, 18 June 2002- The need to ensure religious freedom in the fight against extremism was stressed by participants at an OSCE meeting in Baku on 17 and 18 June. "Freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief belong to the most...

High-level officials agree to coordinate fight against terrorism

Publishing date: 13 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Countering terrorism, Policing
Lisbon, 13 June 2002- High-level officials from governments and major international organizations, meeting in Lisbon on the initiative of the Portuguese Chairmanship of the OSCE, agreed on Wednesday to improve co-ordination and information-sharing...

Simultaneous translation systems delivered to Kosovo courts

Publishing date: 12 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 12 June 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo handed over two Simultaneous Translation Systems (STS) to the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMiK) Department of Justice to equip Kosovo Courts. One STS was installed...

Promoting the Aarhus Convention in Central Asia

Publishing date: 10 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
DUSHANBE, 10 June 2002- Access to information, public participation in decision-making, and access to justice in environmental matters were at the centre of discussions during a four-day workshop held in Tajikistan, from 4 to 7 June 2002.

Year-long human rights campaign concludes in Kosovo schools

Publishing date: 7 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
PRISTINA, 7 June 2002- Around 100 primary school children took part today in Vushtrri/Vucitrn in the final event of a joint OSCE/Council of Europe human rights awareness campaign, based on the production of a calendar that involved 150 school classes...