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OSCE holds experts meeting in Armenia to discuss victim and witness protection
Publishing date: 15 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
YEREVAN, 15 September 2004- The OSCE Office in Yerevan organized a two-day expert meeting in Tsakhkadzor that aimed at contributing to the criminalization of human trafficking and the protection of victims' human rights in Armenia...
Ukraine and Moldova agree to develop co-operation on sustainable management of the Dniestr river
Publishing date: 15 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
CHISINAU, 15 September 2004- Government and civil society representatives of Ukraine and Moldova met today in Chisinau to launch a joint project which aims to develop a diagnostic study of the Dniestr river basin. Supported by...
OSCE Tashkent Centre holds leadership skills training for Uzbekistan's women
Publishing date: 15 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization
TASHKENT, 15 September 2004- Twenty women representing several Uzbek ministries, political parties, non-governmental organizations, the media, academia and lawyers gathered in the capital for a five day leadership skills training. The project is aimed...
Experts discuss Uzbekistan's migration policy at OSCE Centre meeting
Publishing date: 14 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Migration
TASHKENT, 14 September 2004- Experts on migration in Uzbekistan today discussed the country's new approach to migration issues at a meeting organized by the OSCE Centre in Tashkent. The meeting focused on a draft Concept Paper on Migration Policy of...
Land cleared of mines handed over under OSCE and Swiss programme in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 14 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
DUSHANBE, 14 September 2004- A plot of land cleared of mines, the first of its kind and part of a long-lasting international project, was today handed over to the local community in the Dusti-Kumsangir district, near the Tajik border with Afghanistan...
Brussels conference ends with condemnation of any form of racism, xenophobia and discrimination, calls on OSCE States to combat hate acts
Publishing date: 14 September 2004
BRUSSELS, 14 September 2004- An international OSCE conference on tolerance and the fight against racism, xenophobia and discrimination ended here today with a declaration condemning all forms of racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism, while...
OSCE conference calls for dialogue and respect to combat racism, xenophobia and discrimination
Publishing date: 13 September 2004
BRUSSELS, 13 September 2004- An international conference on tolerance and the fight against racism, xenophobia and discrimination held by the OSCE began today in Brussels with a unanimous call for active respect rather than just tolerance, while...