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Chairman-in-Office urges OSCE States to take concrete steps in fight against trafficking
Publishing date: 20 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
PRAGUE, 20 May 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has called on OSCE States at the 11th OSCE Economic Forum to identify concrete steps to better fight trafficking...
Kosovo's witness protection system- in need of review
Publishing date: 20 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Policing
PRISTINA, 20 May, 2003- The OSCE's latest review of Kosovo's criminal justice system has pinpointed the crucial importance of a more secure and effective witness protection system to help combat crime in the province, in particular organised crime..
Serbian Deputy PM welcomes support from OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 15 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 15 May 2003- Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Nebojsa Covic, made an impassioned plea at the Permanent Council on Thursday for recognition by the international community that his country had undergone a thorough transformation since the days...
OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje supports anti-trafficking workshop for legal experts
Publishing date: 9 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
SKOPJE, 9 May 2003- About 70 prosecutors and investigative judges will participate in a two-day workshop financially supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje in Struga on 9 and 10 May...
UN Mission in Kosovo at most critical phase, UNMIK Head tells OSCE
Publishing date: 8 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 8 May 2003- The United Nations Mission in Kosovo has entered what is perhaps its most critical and delicate phase as powers are transferred from the international community to local bodies, Michael Steiner, Special Representative of the UN...
Hundreds of cyclists tour Montenegro, Albania and Italy to highlight scourge of trafficking
Publishing date: 6 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
TIRANA, 6 May 2003- Over 400 hundred people took part in a ten-day biking tour through Montenegro, Albania and Italy to raise awareness about human trafficking. The tour, which started in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 27 April finished in Durres...
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
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...