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OSCE's Skopje mission to co-organize training workshop on human trafficking

Publishing date: 15 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
SKOPJE, 15 April 2003- A three day training workshop to be held in Ohrid this week will bring together about 40 prosecutors, investigative judges and police inspectors directly involved in assisting victims of human trafficking. The workshop...

OSCE Secretary General outlines Organization's response to new threats to security

Publishing date: 11 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Countering terrorism
NEW YORK, 11 April 2003- OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis outlined the 55-nation security organization's response to new threats to peace and security at a meeting at the United Nations Security Council on Friday. Addressing a high-level...

UNHCR urges OSCE states to distinguish between human trafficking and smuggling

Publishing date: 8 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 8 April 2003- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Ruud Lubbers urged the OSCE's 55 participating States on Tuesday to recognise the distinction between human trafficking and smuggling and said many refugees and asylum...

OSCE CiO urges all parties to keep momentum in solving Transdniestrian issue

Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
CHISINAU, 3 April 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, urged President Vladimir Voronin and Foreign Minister Nicolae Dudau of Moldova and the Transdniestrian leader Igor Smirnov to keep the...

OSCE/ODIHR: In times of conflict, respect for human rights and humanitarian law must be top priority

Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
GENEVA, 3 April 2003- ODIHR Director Amb. Christian Strohal today underlined in a statement to the UN Human Rights Commission that respect for human rights and humanitarian law must be a top priority, particularly in times of armed conflict. "In

OSCE Mission in Belgrade holds co-ordination meeting on combating organized crime

Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Policing
BELGRADE, 3 April 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today brought together the donor community and the Serbian Justice and Interior Ministries on the issue of co-ordinating the fight against organized crime. The informal meeting...

OSCE's Skopje Mission co-hosts international workshop on travel documentation

Publishing date: 1 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Countering terrorism, Policing
SKOPJE, 1 April 2003- A three-day workshop in Ohrid will look at ways to control and identify fraudulent and counterfeit travel documentation, as well as the use of legal travel documents for illegal purposes, such as trafficking in human...