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OSCE Mission welcomes Georgian Parliament's new Code of Conduct for public trust
Publishing date: 12 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization
TBILISI, 12 October 2004- Head of OSCE Mission to Georgia today welcomed the Georgian Parliament's adoption of its new Code of Conduct as another step towards strengthened democratic values and public accountability. "I recognize the Parliament's...
OSCE/ODIHR expresses concern over unprecedented verbal attacks on Election Observation Mission in Belarus
Publishing date: 11 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/MINSK, 11 October 2004- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Election Observation Mission to the 17 October parliamentary elections in Belarus has recently been the object of sustained negative and aggressive...
OSCE Chairman discusses elections with Afghan President Karzai
Publishing date: 11 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Elections
SOFIA, 11 October 2004- Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed his great appreciation and gratitude for the participation of the OSCE Election Support Team in his country's first-ever presidential elections on 9 October. During a phone conversation...
OSCE/ODIHR experts visit Albania to support electoral reform process
Publishing date: 11 October 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
TIRANA, 11 October 2004- A two-member team of election experts from the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) began a two-day visit to Albania today. This follows...
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...