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OSCE Mission to Skopje promoting involvement of women in politics
Publishing date: 6 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Gender equality
SKOPJE, 6 May 2004- The Union of Women Organizations, the unit for promotion of gender equality of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, and the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje have launched for the second time a project promoting women...
OSCE organizes environmental seminar for journalists in Armenia
Publishing date: 6 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
TSAKHKADZOR, 6 May 2004- The OSCE Office in Yerevan and Armenia's Public Environmental Information Centre (Aarhus Centre) organized a two-day seminar for journalists to brief them about basic environmental questions and how these can be reported...
OSCE Office in Baku holds conference on leasing development in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 6 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
BAKU, 6 May 2004- Over 200 local and international specialists will discuss country's leasing services market and strategies for promoting in Azerbaijan, at a two-day conference which opened today in Baku. "Leasing can have a tremendous impact...
OSCE Chairman welcomes peaceful resolution to crisis in Ajara region of Georgia
Publishing date: 6 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
WASHINGTON, D.C., 6 May 2004- Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, congratulated President Mikheil Saakashvili, the people of Georgia and the government on achieving a peaceful settlement of the situation in Ajara...
OSCE organizes high-level media events to celebrate 2004 World Press Freedom Day in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2004- A variety of events highlighting the importance of freedom of the media marked this year's celebrations of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May in Tajikistan...
In Montenegro 120 prison officers graduate from OSCE training course
Publishing date: 5 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
PODGORICA, 5 May 2004- 120 officers of the Montenegrin Prison Service graduated today from a special two-week, OSCE-sponsored training course, focussing on the issue of drug abuse and human rights...
OSCE Chairman urges Batumi to resume negotiations with Georgian leadership
Publishing date: 5 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
WASHINGTON, D.C., 5 May 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, has expressed his deepest concern over the recent developments in Ajara. He stressed the importance of maintaining the territorial integrity and national...