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OSCE special envoy calls on all parties to Georgian-Ossetian conflict to resume political dialogue
Publishing date: 28 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 28 July 2004- After extensive talks during a three-day visit to Georgia, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairmanship, former Bulgarian President Zhelyu Zhelev, urged the resumption of dialogue to achieve a settlement to the Georgian-Ossetian...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes seminar on combating terrorism
Publishing date: 27 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
ASHGABAD, 27 July 2004- A two-day OSCE seminar aimed at providing Turkmenistan's Government with up-to-date information on legal instruments as well as policies and activities of the international community in its global fight against terrorism...
Moldovan school crisis intensifies as Transdniestrian authorities force orphans onto street
Publishing date: 27 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 27 July 2004- The crisis surrounding a number of Moldovan-language schools in the Transdniestrian region escalated further yesterday evening when local militia seized the Moldovan orphanage in Benderi. Around 60 children and students who...
Banja Luka and Donji Vakuf last municipalities in Bosnia to complete property repossession
Publishing date: 27 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
SARAJEVO, 27 July 2004- The Property Law Implementation agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina note that only Banja Luka and Donji Vakuf are left to enforce decisions for repossession of property...
OSCE workshop focuses on generating income from tourism in Central Asia
Publishing date: 23 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 23 July 2004- A two-day OSCE workshop that focused on generating income from Central Asia's tourism sector through the development of small and medium-sized enterprises has just ended today in Kazakhstan...
OSCE Special Representative calls for creation of an international Alliance Against Trafficking in Persons
Publishing date: 23 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 23 July 2004- A one-day meeting was held by the OSCE in Vienna today aimed at creating a broad Alliance Against Trafficking in Persons of international, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations in order to support governments...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over size of libel case fine in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 22 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, is concerned about the high level of a fine imposed on the Kazakh weekly newspaper Assandi-Times, and has raised the case with Kasymzhomart Tokayev...