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OSCE Chairman welcomes decision of Estonian authorities to dismantle controversial war monument
Publishing date: 3 September 2004
SOFIA, 3 September 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, welcomed the decision by authorities in Estonia to dismantle a controversial war monument. He expressed his appreciation for the effective action taken by...
OSCE Centre helps in development of economic courts in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 3 September 2004- A new TV programme, which aims to raise awareness among foreign and domestic investors of their legal rights as well as of the work of economic courts, will be aired in Kazakhstan in September. This is part...
OSCE/ODIHR to observe municipal elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 2 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 2 September 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has established an Election Observation Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina to observe municipal elections scheduled for 2 October, the first polls fully funded...
OSCE/ODIHR begins election observation in Belarus
Publishing date: 2 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/MINSK, 2 September 2004- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has deployed an Election Observation Mission for the parliamentary elections in Belarus on 17 October 2004. Headed by Ambassador Audrey Glover, the mission...
OSCE Chairmanship renews offer to help improve situation in Chechen Republic
Publishing date: 2 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
SOFIA, 2 September 2004- The OSCE's Bulgarian Chairmanship has again expressed its willingness to co-operate with the Russian Federation in improving the situation in the Chechen Republic. Ambassador Ivan Naydenov...
Kosovo municipalities will have human rights experts, says OSCE Mission
Publishing date: 2 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 2 September 2004- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Association of Kosovo Municipalities announced today that human rights experts will be placed in municipal administrations, following, a successful completion of a pilot phase in...
OSCE Mission calls for transparency in selection of new Broadcasting Council in Serbia
Publishing date: 2 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 2 September 2004- Acknowledging efforts undertaken by the Serbian government to re-activate the work of the Republican Broadcasting Agency Council, the Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Maurizio Massari, said it was important...