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OSCE Chairman concerned over Transdniestria schools issue in Moldova
Publishing date: 11 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
SOFIA, 11 August 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy said today he is following with great concern the developments in Moldova, related to the settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict. "Finding a solution to the Moldovan Latin script...
OSCE Skopje Mission and Italian Embassy assist Border Police modernisation
Publishing date: 10 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SKOPJE, 10 August 2004- Over 60,000 Euros worth of computer equipment for the Border Police has been handed over to the Interior Ministry in Skopje today. The equipment will enable border police offices in the south and the east of the country to...
Future lawyers of Uzbekistan attend OSCE Centre training on human rights
Publishing date: 10 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TASHKENT, 10 August 2004- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent and the American Bar Association launched a summer school for 24 law students to enhance practical legal skills of future lawyers. The 12-day training programme in Charvak will also help to improve...
OSCE Chairman believes time ripe for transforming Organization to meet changed political realities
Publishing date: 9 August 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 9 August 2004- In a letter sent at the start of the OSCE's traditional summer break, the Chairman-in-Office, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has signalled his intention to try and push through various reforms, in order to...
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