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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...
Certification of new Kosovo Serb entity for 2004 Assembly Election
Publishing date: 7 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 6 October 2004- A second Kosovo Serb entity has been certified to take part in the 2004 Assembly Election. The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Soren Jessen-Petersen, authorized in an executive decision...
Media Resource Centre opens in Dushanbe with help of OSCE Centre
Publishing date: 7 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 7 October 2004- A Media Resource Centre which will give Tajik journalists access to the internet, satellite television and various publications opened in Dushanbe. Supported by the OSCE Centre in...
OSCE Skopje Mission and Council of Europe train lawyers on Strasbourg court procedures
Publishing date: 7 October 2004
SKOPJE, 7 October 2004- A three-day training course aimed at familiarising lawyers with the European Convention on Human Rights and complaint procedures of the Strasburg-based European Court for Human Rights began today in Ohrid. Enabling lawyers to...