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OSCE Office holds conference in Armenia on role of media in combating corruption
Publishing date: 28 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 28 September 2004- The role of the media in the fight against all forms of corruption was the focus of a conference organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan. The two-day event, held over the weekend in Tsakhkadzor, brought together more than...
Chisinau meeting aims at regulating increased flow of migrant workers through Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 27 September 2004
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
CHISINAU, 27 September 2004- Representatives of Belarus, Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine meet in Chisinau today to address regional questions on the increasing flow of migrant workers across borders, including safeguarding migrants' rights...
OSCE/ODIHR conference on jury trials in Kazakhstan opens in Astana
Publishing date: 27 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ASTANA/WARSAW, 27 September 2004- A two-day conference on the prospects for the introduction of jury trials in Kazakhstan opened today in the capital Astana. It brings together around 100 governmental officials, legal practitioners, academics and NGO...
OSCE Mission and Dutch Government assist Serbia and Montenegro in reforming police education
Publishing date: 27 September 2004
BELGRADE, 27 September 2004- As part of an assistance programme aimed at reforming police education, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro and the Embassy of the Netherlands today handed over equipment and materials to the ministries...
Head of OSCE Election Support Team upbeat about support from authorities in Afghanistan
Publishing date: 24 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Asian Partners for Co-operation, Partners for Co-operation
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 24 September 2004- Ambassador Robert Barry of the United States, head of the OSCE Election Support Team for next month's presidential elections in Afghanistan, expressed optimism about the team's role as he prepared to fly to Kabul at the...
Skopje meeting agrees on priorities for Environment and Security Initiative in south-eastern Europe
Publishing date: 24 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Mission to Serbia, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
SKOPJE, 24 September 2004- Specialists from international organizations and governments in south-eastern Europe ended a two-day meeting on possible risks to security from environmental issues by agreeing to focus on specific problems which transcend...
OSCE Chairman welcomes improved co-ordination in fight against global terrorism
Publishing date: 24 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
NEW YORK, 24 September 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy welcomed the increasingly successful efforts of the international community, led by the United Nations, to co-ordinate its response to global terrorism. Addressing the 59th...