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OSCE Skopje Mission promotes scouting for young people from minority communities
Publishing date: 14 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 14 July 2005- Thirty children from different ethnic backgrounds will today join a five-day scout camp in Ohrid, supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, in which they will meet their peers from the National Scout Association...
OSCE Chairman hopes Albanian election process will be completed soon
Publishing date: 14 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 14 July 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office expressed hope that the election process in Albania will be concluded quickly following the completion of the declaration of results and that a new Assembly and government will start work soon...
OSCE Centre to hold training course on monitoring human rights in Uzbek prisons
Publishing date: 14 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
BUKHARA, 14 July 2005- Monitoring of human rights in Uzbek prisons and detention facilities will be the focus of a training course organized by the OSCE Centre in Tashkent from 15 to 19 July in Bukhara. The course aims to build the capacity for...
Council of Europe Secretary General to address OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday
Publishing date: 13 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 13 July 2005- Terry Davis, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, will address the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Thursday, 14 July. Media representatives are invited to hear Mr Davis deliver his speech at 10.00...
OSCE Chairman underlines importance of reform during visit to Moscow
Publishing date: 13 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Main Website
MOSCOW, 13 July 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, discussed international terrorism, developments in Central Asia and Moldova and OSCE reform with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Wednesday.
OSCE Croatia report: further efforts needed in refugee returns, rule of law and minority rights
Publishing date: 12 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Rule of law
ZAGREB, 12 July 2005- The OSCE Mission to Croatia said on Tuesday the country needed to make further efforts in three main areas- refugee return, rule of law and minority rights- to fulfil its international commitments. "Significant progress...
Transition in Kyrgyzstan is focus of OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 12 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 12 July 2005- The changing of the guard in Europe's largest security organization and the OSCE's dynamic partnership with Kyrgyzstan as it ushers in a challenging phase in its history are the main themes in the OSCE Magazine's latest issue...