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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE meeting focuses on fighting cross-border organized crime in south-east Europe
Publishing date: 20 February 2004
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 20 February 2004- Combating organized crime, trafficking and terrorism in south-eastern Europe (SEE) was high on the agenda of a pioneering meeting which ends today in Vienna. The Seminar on Cross-border Co-operation in SEE, the first of a...
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 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...
OSCE/ODIHR stresses that progress on electoral reform in Albania must lead to improved local elections
Publishing date: 14 July 2003
Content type: Press release
TIRANA, 14 July 2003- On his first visit to Albania as Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal welcomed the agreement reached by the bi-partisan committee on reforms to...
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 to present report on activities in Albania
Publishing date: 3 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization
TIRANA, 3 February 2003- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Osmo Lipponen, will hold a press conference tomorrow, 4 February, to present the outlines of the current OSCE activities in Albania. The report is Ambassador Lipponen's...
OSCE to evaluate women's rights and anti-trafficking project in Albania
Publishing date: 22 January 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Roma and Sinti
TIRANA, 22 January 2003- Achievements and future activities of an OSCE project on Women's Rights and Anti-Trafficking Education (WRATE) will be discussed in a three-day meeting to start in Tirana tomorrow. Ambassador Osmo Lipponen, the Head of...