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Serbian law enforcers receive OSCE Mission training on investigating human trafficking cases
Publishing date: 11 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BELGRADE, 11 October 2004- Proper investigation of human trafficking cases in Serbia is the focus of a training session to start today in Belgrade, organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro. Members of special anti-trafficking police team
OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes peaceful conduct of Afghanistan's first-ever presidential elections
Publishing date: 11 October 2004
SOFIA, 10 October 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, welcomed today the largely peaceful and orderly conduct of Afghanistan's presidential elections. "We are very impressed...
Head of the OSCE Election Support Team in Afghanistan issues statement on presidential election
Publishing date: 10 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
KABUL, 10 October 2004- Ambassador Robert Barry, the Head of the OSCE Election Support Team in Afghanistan, today issued the following statement: "The OSCE's 40 election experts had the opportunity to evaluate...
OSCE Mission helps raise the visibility of problems faced by women in politics
Publishing date: 8 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 8 October 2004- In light of the recent local elections in Serbia, 25 women, representing their respective municipalities, gathered in Belgrade to evaluate the "Women can do it 3" project aimed at the political empowerment of women in...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls for active participation in Afghan elections
Publishing date: 8 October 2004
SOFIA, 8 October 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, today issued the following statement: "October 9 is a historic day for the people of Afghanistan, who for the first time will be able to elect their own...
OSCE Skopje mission supports students in bridging ethnic divide
Publishing date: 8 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 8 October 2004- Thirty members of the Kumanovo Youth Alliance will meet today at Globocica mountain house, Kumanovo, for a three-day capacity and team-building exercise to enhance relations between ethnic communities. "The aim...
OSCE Centres to hold workshops in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on combating corruption, money laundering and economic crime
Publishing date: 8 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
ALMATY/ISSYK-KUL, 8 October 2004- Combating corruption, money laundering and economic crime will be on the agenda of workshops taking place in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 11 and 12 October and Issyk-kul, Kyrgyzstan on 14 and 15 October. The events are...