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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
UN SRSG Jessen-Petersen sees continued important role for OSCE in Kosovo
Publishing date: 10 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 10 February 2005- Soren Jessen-Petersen, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Kosovo, said on Thursday that the OSCE would continue to play an important role in Kosovo as the United Nations presence is scaled down...
Seminar on human rights education to take place in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Youth
ALMATY, 9 February 2005- A seminar for school teachers on human rights education, organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty, will be held in the city on 11 February. The seminar will be based on two Kazakh-language human rights manuals...
OSCE Mission gives additional support to the Office of the Serbian Special Prosecutor on Organized Crime
Publishing date: 9 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Policing
BELGRADE, 9 February 2005- Ambassador Maurizio Massari, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, today met Serbia's Special Prosecutor on Organized Crime to discuss further co-operation on fighting organized crime...
OSCE Office in Yerevan presents textbook on OSCE to mark Office's 5th Anniversary
Publishing date: 9 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 9 February 2005- A textbook entitled "OSCE history, principles and perspectives" was presented today on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the establishment of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative criticises sentencing of Austrian author in Greece
Publishing date: 8 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 9 February 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed concern over a six-month suspended prison sentence for blasphemy imposed by a Greek court on Austrian author Gerhard Haderer over his comic book...
OSCE Chairman says Organization is committed to stability in south-eastern Europe
Publishing date: 7 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BELGRADE, 7 February 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said on Monday that the Organization was committed to remaining engaged in south-eastern Europe.
OSCE Mission welcomes agreement on co-operation between prosecutors of Serbia and Croatia
Publishing date: 5 February 2005
BELGRADE, 5 February 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, welcomed the signing of a co-operation agreement between the Public Prosecutor and War Crimes Prosecutor of Serbia and the State...