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OSCE Mission announces action plan to support new parliament of Serbia and Montenegro
Publishing date: 20 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 20 January 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to the FRY, Maurizio Massari, held talks on Friday, 17 January, with the co-chair of the Constitutional Commission and FRY Parliament Chamber of Citizens Speaker, Dragoljub Micunovic. They...
Journalists should not be imprisoned for what they write, say OSCE and Council of Europe
Publishing date: 16 December 2002
Content type: Press release
BELGRADE, 16 December 2002- The OSCE and the Council of Europe responded to the imposition of a one-month prison term on a former editor-in-chief of the Montenegrin daily "Dan" by sending a letter to the authorities of the FRY and
OSCE and Spanish Ministry of Interior organizes study visit for Serbian prison officials
Publishing date: 17 September 2002
BELGRADE, 17 September 2002-- A delegation of three Serbian prison officials- two from penitentiary institutions and one from the Ministry of Justice- are participating from 14 to 21 September in a study visit to penitentiary institutions in Spain...
OSCE hosts first meeting of Serbian, Montenegrin and Yugoslav co-ordinators on human trafficking
Publishing date: 26 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
BELGRADE, 26 August 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) today hosted the first meeting of the Serbian, Montenegrin and Yugoslav governmental co-ordinators for combating of trafficking in...
Dutch Government finances OSCE judicial and prison reform activities in Yugoslavia
Publishing date: 23 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing
BELGRADE, 23 August 2002- Agreements relating to the funding a number of OSCE activities in the field of judicial and prison reform by the Netherlands Government were signed today by the Acting Head of the OSCE Mission to the FRY...
Yugoslav foreign minister welcomes OSCE contribution to reform in FRY
Publishing date: 20 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Serbia
VIENNA, 20 June 2002- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Goran Svilanovic, today welcomed the OSCE's contribution to the process of reform and democratisation in his country. Addressing the Permanent Council...
Serbian prison officials visited penitentiary institutions in Germany
Publishing date: 31 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 31 May 2002- A delegation of 6 prison officials from Serbia visited the penitentiary institutions in Hannover, Celle and Vechta, Germany in the middle of May. The visit took place within the framework of the Stability Pact for...