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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Belgrade seminar focuses on assistance to human trafficking victims
Publishing date: 4 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BELGRADE, 4 October 2004- Recognizing that trafficked persons are "victims" rather than criminals and improving the standards of care are the focus of an interactive two-day training seminar starting today in Belgrade, organized by the OSCE Mission...
OSCE Mission and Swedish Government to strengthen crime scene investigation capacity in Serbia
Publishing date: 4 October 2004
BELGRADE, 4 October 2004- Under an agreement signed today in Belgrade, Sweden will donate 1.35 million euros to Serbia's Interior Ministry to enhance its crime scene investigation capabilities. TheSwedish police will train 250 crime scene and forensic...
BiH elections mark progress towards democracy, international observers report
Publishing date: 3 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 3 October 2004- The municipal elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina yesterday were administered in line with international standards, taking into account the country's unique, post-war political system, concluded the International Election...
OSCE Mission sponsors Croatian police visit to Germany
Publishing date: 1 October 2004
ZAGREB, 1 October 2004- Five senior Croatian police officers will travel on Saturday to Germany for a one week visit to study methods of human resource management in a modern European police service. The visit is organized...
OSCE Mission to support second round of local election monitoring in Serbia this weekend
Publishing date: 1 October 2004
BELGRADE, 1 October 2004- The Belgrade-based non-governmental organization, the Centre for Free Elections and Democracy (CESID), will monitor the second round of municipal elections this Sunday with the financial support of the OSCE Mission to...
An exhibition of 14 young photographers to open in Warsaw on Monday
Publishing date: 1 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 1 October 2004- A photo exhibition called "Europe in 2004: Democracy and Human Rights" will open in Warsaw on Monday, 4 October, in conjunction with the start of the OSCE's Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, Europe's largest human rights...
OSCE media freedom watchdog asks the US to abolish 'book embargo'
Publishing date: 30 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 September 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has asked the USA to abolish regulations that require publishers and authors to seek a licence from the Treasury Department to publish literature from Cuba, Iran and Sudan in...