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OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes adoption of 2005 budget
Publishing date: 13 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
LJUBLJANA, 13 May 2005- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel today welcomed the belated adoption of the Organization's 2005 budget by the Permanent Council and called on all participating States to agree new scales of contribution soon. The 168.6 m...
OSCE Chairman concerned over detention of two OSCE staff in South Ossetia
Publishing date: 12 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LJUBLJANA, 12 May 2005- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel expressed serious concern over the detention on Thursday of two monitoring officers from the OSCE Mission to Georgia by armed men in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict. The two...
OSCE Office welcomes Azerbaijan's efforts to ensure free and fair elections
Publishing date: 12 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 12 May 2005- The OSCE Office in Baku today welcomed President Ilham Aliyev's decree on improving the practice of elections in Azerbaijan. The decree instructs the executive authorities to ensure freedom of assembly, compile accurate voter lists...
OSCE media freedom representative proposes changes to new Turkish Penal Code
Publishing date: 11 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 11 May 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media praised the Turkish authorities for postponing the adoption of the new Penal Code and expressed hope that 23 worrying provisions in the draft would ultimately be amended...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports creation of new investment promotion agency
Publishing date: 11 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Economic activities
KYIV, 11 May 2005- Stimulating foreign investment in Ukraine and providing support to businesses and investors is the aim of a new agency which opened today in the western city of Rivne. It was established jointly by the...
OSCE media watchdog presents Internet "cookbook" in Russian
Publishing date: 10 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 10 May 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media today presented the Russian-language version of the Media Freedom Internet Cookbook. Published in English last year, it contains the major findings of...
OSCE holds meeting on managing water resources of the Sava river basin
Publishing date: 9 May 2005
SISAK, CROATIA, 9 May 2005- An OSCE workshop aimed at improving water resource management of the Sava river will be held in Sisak from 9 to 11 May. The event is organized by...