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OSCE publishes "Victim Advocacy Manual" in Kosovo

Publishing date: 21 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 21 February 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo took another significant step in the development of a comprehensive and integrated system of response to the victims of crime in Kosovo. "The Victim Advocacy Introductory Manual"...

OSCE Conference on freedom of belief calls for tolerance

Publishing date: 18 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
BISHKEK, 18 February 2002-- An OSCE conference on freedom of belief and expression in Central Asia has stressed the need for greater tolerance, and called for respect for human rights in the campaign against terrorism...

Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje welcomes progress in Matejce

Publishing date: 18 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 18 February 2002- The conflict-torn village of Matejce, located some 40 km north of Skopje, took a major step towards reconciliation last Thursday, when the ethnically mixed local community council reconvened for the first time...

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Covic praises OSCE work in his country

Publishing date: 7 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing
VIENNA, 7 February 2002- Addressing the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister, Nebojsa Covic, has praised the Organization's work in his country. "Quite certainly, we would not have achieved the results we have...

Rebuilding confidence between ethnic groups may be only a bus-ride away

Publishing date: 29 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
VIENNA, 29 January 2002- After a ten-month break, the direct bus link between the town of Kumanovo and the capital, Skopje, reopened last week and its restoration was marked by offering a free ride for villagers, local administration officials...

Local community leader beaten and denounced as "traitor"

Publishing date: 24 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SKOPJE, 24 January 2002- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje strongly condemns the serious incident which occurred yesterday evening in Tearce, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, when a group of armed people severely beat up...

Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia addressed OSCE Permanent Council

Publishing date: 24 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Policing
VIENNA, 24 January 2002- In a press conference after addressing the OSCE Permanent Council, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Slobodan Casule, said the situation in his country was "stable but fragile"