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OSCE Chairman announces decision to send special expert team to support Afghan presidential elections
Publishing date: 6 August 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, 6 August 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has written to Afghanistan's Foreign Minister, Abdullah Abdullah, confirming that the Organization intends to support the 9 October Afghan presidential...
OSCE Skopje Mission helps keep borders open but safe
Publishing date: 6 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 6 August 2004- A second generation of 279 Border Police Officers graduated today from the Idrizovo Police Academy, which is supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje. As former members of the Defence Ministry's Border Brigade...
OSCE Centre launches environmental campaign in Tajikistan's remote Rasht valley
Publishing date: 4 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
GARM, 4 August 2004- An awareness-raising campaign for the protection of the environment and bio-diversity in central Tajikistan's Rasht Valley was launched yesterday by the Garm Field Office of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe. Establishing a basis for
UNHCR Office and OSCE Mission to Croatia concerned with postponed eviction in Vojnic
Publishing date: 3 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 3 August 2004- The UNHCR Office and OSCE Mission to Croatia expressed concern today at reports that the execution of a 2001 court verdict to vacate the home of an elderly Serb returnee in Central Croatian town of Vojnic has once again been...
OSCE Centre training helps Uzbek law enforcement bodies to fight human trafficking
Publishing date: 3 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
TASHKENT, 3 August 2004- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent launched the first specialized training course for law enforcement agencies on investigating human trafficking crimes. The five-day session brings together 25 experts from Uzbekistan's law...
OSCE Magazine spotlights Tajikistan's revitalized push for land reform
Publishing date: 2 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 2 August 2004- Tajikistan's ambitious land reform programme and its twin goals of economic and human security come under the spotlight in the OSCE Magazine's latest issue, now available online and in print. A series of articles examines how...
OSCE Mission Head says that adequate housing for former occupancy/tenancy rights holders key to closing refugee file in Croatia
Publishing date: 30 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 30 July 2004- Commenting today on a recent verdict by the European Court of Human Rights, addressing the legality of terminating occupancy/tenancy rights, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia said the task of providing housing...