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OSCE/ODIHR regrets opposition's absence from roundtable on Azerbaijan's draft election code

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 18 December 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expressed regret over the absence of major opposition parties from a roundtable on the draft Election Code of Azerbaijan, which was...

Kosovo political entities fined for violating financial disclosure rule

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections
PRISTINA, 18 December 2002- Elections in Kosovo have reached a new level of transparency this year with strict financial reporting requirements for political entities. However, thirteen entities that contested in the 26 October...

OSCE welcomes hand-over of Serbian broadcasting agency premises

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 18 December 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) welcomed the official hand-over of the keys to the new premises of the recently established Republican Broadcasting Agency. The...

New OSCE Academy in Kyrgyzstan inaugurated

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BISHKEK, 18 December 2002- A new study and research institute on regional security issues, the OSCE Academy, was inaugurated in Kyrgyzstan yesterday. "This Academy is a unique institution of a new type that will facilitate the development of...

OSCE observers visit detained Kazakh opposition journalist

Publishing date: 19 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
WARSAW, 19 December 2002- A group of OSCE observers have met the opposition journalist Sergey Duvanov, who is being held in pre-trial detention on charges of having raped a minor, to assess the conditions of his detention...

OSCE mission urges Macedonian party to participate in Ohrid Meeting

Publishing date: 19 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SKOPJE, 19 DECEMBER 2002- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje regrets the announcement yesterday by senior officials of VMRO-DPMNE that the party is considering not to participate in the forthcoming meeting to...

International observers call for removal of laws allowing endless repeat elections in Montenegro

Publishing date: 23 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Elections
PODGORICA, 23 December 2002- Following yesterday's failed presidential election in Montenegro, international observers from the OSCE and the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly today called for the removal of provisions in the...

OSCE and Belarus agree on new OSCE Office in Minsk

Publishing date: 30 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 30 December 2002- The Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe agreed on Monday to create a new OSCE Office in Minsk from January 1, 2003, replacing the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring...

Property issues and school reform top priorities of OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2003

Publishing date: 30 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 30 December 2002- Property issues and improvements of the school system will be among the top priorities of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2003, Ambassador Robert Beecroft, Head of the...

Head of OSCE Kosovo Mission calls for progress in democracy-building in 2003

Publishing date: 30 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
PRISTINA, 30 December 2002- Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, today called on the province's political leaders to show courage and participate fully in the democratization and reconciliation process...