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OSCE Centre to train Uzbek journalists on reporting on human trafficking
Publishing date: 17 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 17 February 2004- Twenty journalists from different media outlets in Uzbekistan will undergo an OSCE training course on covering the problem of human trafficking. The intensive five-day course, which starts on Thursday is organized as...
Implementation of OSCE commitments tops agenda for Bulgarian Chairmanship in 2004
Publishing date: 15 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 15 January 2004- The OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, said on Thursday that implementation of OSCE commitments would top the agenda for Bulgaria's Chairmanship of the 55-nation security...
OSCE Presence conveys condolences for 9 January tragedy and pledges support to fight trafficking
Publishing date: 13 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
TIRANA, 13 January 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania extends its condolences to the Albanian people and to the families of the victims of the tragedy of 9 January, when a number of young people lost their lives off the coast of southern Albania...
OSCE Yerevan workshop focuses on identification of trafficking victims
Publishing date: 22 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
YEREVAN, 22 December 2003- An OSCE workshop on identification of human trafficking victims held in Yerevan marked a turning point in the development of a strategic partnership between the Armenian government and civil society actors in setting...
OSCE approves new mandate for Presence in Albania
Publishing date: 18 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
TIRANA, 18 December 2003- The OSCE Permanent Council, representing the Organization's 55 participating States, today approved a new mandate for the OSCE Presence in Albania. The new mandate had been drafted at the request of Albania, as the host...
Moldovan trafficking victims become more isolated and vulnerable, says UN-OSCE report
Publishing date: 17 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
CHISINAU, 17 December 2003- Failure to protect the human rights of trafficking victims is a key obstacle to progress in the fight against trafficking and organized crime in Moldova, the United Nations and the OSCE Mission to Moldova warn in a...
International community in Skopje welcomes results of weapons collection programme
Publishing date: 16 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 16 December 2003- The Skopje-based representatives of the OSCE, the EU, NATO and the U.S. welcomed the results of the Weapons Collection Programme announced today. A joint statement by the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to...