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OSCE parliamentarians call for restarting dialogue in Moldova
Publishing date: 17 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 17 June 2004- Kimmo Kiljunen, who heads a team of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly parliamentarians visiting Moldova, today urged parliamentarians from Chisinau and Tiraspol to restart a dialogue on the Transdniestrian settlement...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo begins 'by-mail' Operation for out-of-Kosovo voters
Publishing date: 17 June 2004
PRISTINA, 17 June 2004- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo has begun a major effort today to update the Voters List for the upcoming Assembly election by mailing ballot applications to all previously registered voters residing outside of Kosovo and inviting...
OSCE Mission and U.S. Embassy in Skopje hold workshop on countering human trafficking
Publishing date: 17 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 17 June 2004- In an effort to enhance domestic capacity to investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases, the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and the U.S. Embassy in Skopje today launched a three-day training workshop in Ohrid...
Registration of a Kosovo Albanian party open for review, OSCE Mission says
Publishing date: 17 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISTINA, 17 June 2004- The Democratic Alternative of Kosovo (ADK) has today completed registration requirements with the Political Party Registration Office of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. A final decision...
Paris meeting begins with calls on OSCE participating States to act against hate speech on the Internet
Publishing date: 16 June 2004
PARIS, 16 June 2004- A two-day international meeting has begun in Paris with several countries calling on the 55 States of the OSCE to take measures against hate speech and racist propaganda on the Internet. French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo presents document on informal settlements
Publishing date: 15 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: National minority issues
PRISTINA, 15 June 2004- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Bajram Rexhepi, today presented the final document of a regional roundtable on informal settlements of Roma and other vulnerable groups. The paper...
OSCE Centre helps organize seminars on implementing the Aarhus Convention in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 15 June 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 15 June 2004- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and its Osh Field Office have helped prepare seminars in different areas of the country to discuss ways of implementing a key environmental information tool, the Aarhus Convention, in Kyrgyzstan...