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OSCE helps Armenia create financial intelligence unit, hosts delegation in Vienna
Publishing date: 17 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
VIENNA, 17 December 2004- A delegation of Armenian officials and experts were in Vienna from 13 to 17 December on a study tour designed to help them create a financial intelligence unit. The trip was...
OSCE Centre organizes workshop in Tashkent to discuss ways of fighting corruption
Publishing date: 17 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 17 December 2004- National anti-corruption legislation, strengthening good governance and the rule of law and promoting the UN Convention against Corruption are the focus of a workshop taking place today in Tashkent. The event...
OSCE Mission issues report on new criminal procedure code of Bosnian and Herzegovina courts
Publishing date: 17 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 17 December 2004- A report on the implementation of the new criminal procedure code in the courts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) was presented today by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Prepared by...
Regional travel documents security workshop held in Tashkent
Publishing date: 16 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Countering terrorism
TASHKENT, 16 December 2004- Experts from the Border Guard, Interior and Foreign Ministries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan took part in a workshop on travel document security in the Uzbek capital on 15 and 16 Dec...
Media freedom Internet "cookbook" presented by OSCE's Miklos Haraszti
Publishing date: 16 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 16 December 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today presented a publication prepared by his Office which voices concern over limitations of access to the Internet and offers "recipes" on how to preserve the..
OSCE/ODIHR deploys large-scale election observation mission to monitor repeat voting in Ukraine
Publishing date: 16 December 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 16 December 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) has extended its election observation mission in Ukraine to follow the repeat of the second round of the presidential election scheduled for...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 16 December 2004
Content type: Press release
What we do: National minority issues
ASHGABAD/THE HAGUE, 16 December 2004- Rolf Ekeus, OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities, paid an official visit to Turkmenistan from 13 to 15 December. He discussed issues such as a possible assessment of the living conditions of national...