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OSCE Office concerned over assault on prominent Belarusian opposition figure
Publishing date: 6 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
MINSK, 6 July 2004- The Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, expressed great concern about last week's assault on opposition politician General Valery Frolov. "This incident must be condemned," he said today in the Belarusian...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls for transformation of Organization
Publishing date: 6 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
EDINBURGH, 6 July 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy called on Monday for substantial reform of the 55-nation security organization, saying it needed to reassess its political priorities, and expressed hope that OSCE heads of state...
OSCE Centre to hold training course for law faculty staff in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 5 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization
TASHKENT, 5 July 2004- The OSCE Centre in Tashkent will on Tuesday begin a five-day training course on interactive teaching methods for academic staff members working in Uzbekistan's law faculties...
OSCE Presence welcomes Albanian President's decision to return property law to Parliament
Publishing date: 5 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
TIRANA, 5 July 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes the decision of the country's President, reached after careful consultation and consideration, to return to the Albanian Assembly a law on the Restitution and Compensation of Property...
OSCE/ODIHR assists Kazakhstan's Judicial Academy in launching magistrate programme
Publishing date: 2 July 2004
Content type: Press release
ALMATY/WARSAW, 2 July 2004- A workshop in Almaty from 5 to 9 July will help develop a policy strategy for the Judicial Academy, a recently established training institution for future and sitting judges under the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan. It is...
OSCE Office to hold training on women's rights education in Armenia
Publishing date: 1 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 1 July 2004- In order to support women's rights education and develop their leadership skills, the OSCE Office in Yerevan this week began a 5-day training course for regional trainers...
OSCE Presence welcomes agreement on elections in Albania
Publishing date: 1 July 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
TIRANA, 1 July 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes today's agreement between the Socialist and Democratic parties to implement joint recommendations of the OSCE/ODIHR and Venice Commission on the electoral law and electoral administration...