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OSCE Office in Baku boosts micro-finance activities in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 5 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
BAKU, 5 December 2003- Over 120 specialists from Azerbaijan will discuss the best results of micro-finance activity and the strategies for its further promotion in Azerbaijan, at a two-day OSCE-organized conference which opened today in Baku...
Afghan Foreign Minister seeks OSCE support
Publishing date: 4 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Asian Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 4 December 2003- Afghan Foreign Minister Dr Abdullah Abdullah thanked the OSCE on Thursday for granting his country the status of Partner for Co-operation and asked for the Organization's support as Afghanistan seeks to build security and...
OSCE media freedom representative asks for release of Azeri journalist from prison
Publishing date: 4 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 4 December 2003- A leading European media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has requested Azeri authorities to release a journalist from prison. In a letter he sent to Foreign Minister Vilayat Guliyev...
Conference calls on OSCE states to respect the rights of religious groups
Publishing date: 4 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
OSH, 4 December 2003- Repression of religious groups is not an acceptable response to religious fundamentalism and extremist political movements, participants declared at an OSCE Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief, held in Osh...
OSCE Presence and SEED organize seminars for youth in Albania
Publishing date: 3 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Youth
TIRANA, 3 December 2003- Seminars that will help develop entrepreneurial thinking, encourage further education and develop respect for legal business practices will be held in Albania in December. They are being organized by...
International organizations build access ramps for disabled persons in Kosovo
Publishing date: 3 December 2003
PRISTINA, 3 December 2003- To improve the access of disabled persons to public services, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the EU are constructing 93 access ramps throughout Kosovo. "Disabled persons are able and willing to contribute to all aspects...
OSCE PA President urges Georgia to hold separate parliamentary and presidential elections
Publishing date: 2 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
MAASTRICHT, 2 December 2003- OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Bruce George stressed the importance of forthcoming elections in Georgia and said it would be not be possible to hold parliamentary elections on the same day as the presidential...