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Human rights should be priority for new government, OSCE Croatia mission head says
Publishing date: 9 December 2003
ZAGREB, 9 December 2003- "The respect and promotion of international and European human rights standards is a goal the new Croatian Government will be expected to embrace," said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Peter Semneby, today. In a...
Outgoing OSCE Media Representative to criticize participating States over press freedom in final report
Publishing date: 9 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 9 December 2003- After six years in office, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, will on Thursday, 11 December, give his last official report to the Organization's 55-nation Permanent Council...
OSCE Belgrade Mission Head calls for a Human Rights culture
Publishing date: 9 December 2003
BELGRADE, 9 December 2003- South-eastern European states should live up to the human rights norms to which they are committed to, according to the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari. In an article to...
OSCE Mission facilitates information sharing between broadcasting agencies of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 9 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
BELGRADE/PODGORICA, 9 December 2003- The improvement of regional co-operation and information exchange between broadcasting agencies in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) was the goal of a series of intensive OSCE-organized workshops...
State Duma elections well organized but failed to meet many international standards
Publishing date: 8 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
MOSCOW, 8 December 2003- The State Duma elections on 7 December failed to meet many OSCE and Council of Europe commitments, calling into question Russia's willingness to move towards European standards for democratic elections, concludes the...
OSCE Centre holds Dushanbe conference on preventing use of violence during investigation and pre-trial detention
Publishing date: 5 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism, Policing
DUSHANBE, 5 December 2003- A two-day national conference in Tajikistan on preventing the use of violence during investigation and pre-trial detention, organized by the OSCE Centre, has just concluded with a set of recommendations and proposals...
OSCE Presence to observe re-run of local government elections in Albania
Publishing date: 5 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Elections
TIRANA, 5 December 2003- The OSCE Presence in Albania will deploy observers for the re-run of the local government elections in two communes this Sunday. The Albanian President set the date of the by-election for the commune of Vergo in Delvina...