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OSCE Mission launches training course on minority issues for Serbian officials
Publishing date: 19 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: National minority issues
BELGRADE, 19 May 2005- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today began a training course for Serbian government officials on integrating the aspirations and concerns of various minorities in Serbia in government policies on...
OSCE Office in Baku holds seminar on democratization in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 19 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization
BAKU, 19 May 2005- A seminar on the progress of democratization in Azerbaijan was held by the OSCE Office in Baku on 17 and 18 May. The event, entitled Politics into the Future- Democracy in Azerbaijan, brought together...
OSCE Office expresses concern over banning of political rally in Baku
Publishing date: 19 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization
BAKU, 19 May 2005- The OSCE Office in Baku today expressed its concern over the refusal by the Baku Mayor's Office to authorize a rally of opposition parties planned for Saturday, 21 May. "The decision taken by the Mayor...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine organizes conference on gender equality and law enforcement
Publishing date: 18 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality, Rule of law
EVPATORIA, UKRAINE, 18 May 2005- Promoting gender equality in law enforcement activities and raising awareness of gender-related issues is the focus of a three-day conference which opened today in the Ukrainian coastal town of Evpatoria...
OSCE Special Representative discusses fight against trafficking in human beings with Tajik officials
Publishing date: 17 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
DUSHANBE, 17 May 2005- Helga Konrad, the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, who is in Dushanbe on a two-day visit, is holding talks with high-level Tajik Government officials on ways to fight human trafficking...
OSCE Chair's personal representative discusses Kyrgyz presidential elections with political leader Kulov
Publishing date: 17 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 17 May 2005- Alojz Peterle, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's Personal Representative for Central Asia, met prominent Kyrgyz political leader Felix Kulov today, to discuss issues affecting the presidential elections, scheduled for 10 July. The...
OSCE Chairman hopes closer co-operation with Council of Europe will boost effectiveness of both bodies
Publishing date: 17 May 2005
WARSAW, 17 May 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomed the signing of an agreement on Tuesday with the Council of Europe on the margins of its Summit in Warsaw, covering closer co-operation between the two organizations...