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OSCE Chairman calls for non-violent resolution of Ajara situation
Publishing date: 15 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 15 March 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, expressed concern over the current situation around Ajara at the start of a visit to Georgia and called upon both sides to exercise restraint and use...
UN, OSCE agree to expand joint counter-terrorism activities
Publishing date: 12 March 2004
VIENNA, 12 March 2004- A two-day counter-terrorism meeting in Vienna ended on Friday with a call for greater co-operation between international, regional and sub-regional organizations in strengthening common defences against terrorism...
OSCE/ODIHR urges improvement to voter lists and election law well ahead of next parliamentary elections in Albania
Publishing date: 12 March 2004
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
TIRANA/WARSAW, 12 March 2004- Albanian political parties should swiftly re-start the electoral reform process to ensure improvement to voter lists and amendment of the Electoral Code in line with ODIHR and Venice Commission recommendations well...
OSCE High Commissioner visits the Russian Federation
Publishing date: 12 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 12 March 2004- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, visited the Russian Federation on 9-11 March as part of his ongoing dialogue with the Russian Government. During the visit...
OSCE Centre to help improve expertise of border guards and customs officials in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 12 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 12 March 2004- The OSCE Center in Tashkent will hold a training programme to improve the expertise of Uzbek border guards and customs officials in tracing and seizing illegally trafficked small arms and light weapons, as well as...
UN-OSCE counter-terrorism conference begins with minute's silence for Madrid victims
Publishing date: 11 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 11 March 2004- A UN-OSCE counter-terrorism conference in Vienna began on Thursday with a minute's silence in honour of the victims of terrorist bomb attacks in Madrid earlier in the day...
New OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media addresses Permanent Council
Publishing date: 11 March 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 11 March 2004- The newly appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti today delivered his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council. "In my work, I will not differentiate between the West and the East...