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OSCE supports "Social Partnership" club to promote stability in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 22 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, National minority issues
DUSHANBE, 22 January 2003- National minorities policy was the main topic at the first roundtable of the newly established "Social Partnership" discussion club, held in the Tajik capital Dushanbe yesterday. "This unique forum for discussion is...

POINT of publication: multi-ethnic Tetovo school paper hits streets

Publishing date: 22 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Media freedom and development, National minority issues
TETOVO, 22 January 2003- After a dummy issue in December, "POINT" finally came to the point of publication. The first edition of the first school newspaper edited and produced by a team of Macedonian, Albanian and Turkish youngsters was...

OSCE to evaluate women's rights and anti-trafficking project in Albania

Publishing date: 22 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
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...

OSCE media watchdog criticises U.S. Patriot Act

Publishing date: 23 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 23 January 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today criticised the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in the United States for monitoring...

OSCE's human rights office expresses concern over early date set for Kyrgyz constitutional referendum

Publishing date: 24 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 24 January 2003- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is concerned that the constitutional referendum in Kyrgyzstan, scheduled to take place on 2 February, may be premature...

OSCE meeting supports parliamentary initiatives in SE Europe

Publishing date: 28 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TIRANA, 28 January 2003- A two-day meeting of parliamentary experts from OSCE institutions and south-east European missions has just ended in agreement to boost support for projects aimed at tackling regional issues such as organized crime...

OSCE calls for immediate review of trial of Kazakh journalist Duvanov

Publishing date: 28 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
WARSAW/VIENNA, 28 January 2003- The two OSCE institutions dealing with human rights and media freedom today expressed their concern about the trial of Kazakh journalist and human rights defender Sergei Duvanov and called for an immediate review...

Dutch OSCE Chairmanship to honour 10 years of High Commissioner on National Minorities

Publishing date: 30 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 30 January 2003- The Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The Special Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Ambassador Daan Everts, will give a...

OSCE Chairmanship names Head of OSCE Office in Minsk

Publishing date: 30 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 30 January 2003- The Dutch Chairmanship of the OSCE today announced the appointment of Ambassador Eberhard Heyken of Germany as Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk. Ambassador Heyken, an experienced diplomat whose most recent appointments...

OSCE States will fund long-term scheme to destroy surplus weapons and explosives in Georgia

Publishing date: 30 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 30 January 2003-- An agreement was signed today between the Georgian authorities and the OSCE, establishing a project to eliminate or recycle vast munitions dumps, which are a threat to the safety, ecology and security of the country.