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Implementation of OSCE commitments tops agenda for Bulgarian Chairmanship in 2004
Publishing date: 15 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 15 January 2004- The OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, said on Thursday that implementation of OSCE commitments would top the agenda for Bulgaria's Chairmanship of the 55-nation security...
OSCE Mission Head and Croatian PM discuss key OSCE and EU issues
Publishing date: 14 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
ZAGREB, 14 January 2004- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, today met the newly-elected Prime Minister of Croatia, Dr. Ivo Sanader, to discuss how best the OSCE Mission can support Croatia in fulfilling...
OSCE Mission to Croatia mourns death of staff member
Publishing date: 13 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 13 January 2004- A member of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Steve Degeneve, tragically died yesterday evening less than two hours after a car accident. Degeneve, a 37-year old French citizen...
Former OSCE Media Representative receives Germany's Order of Merit
Publishing date: 13 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 13 January 2004- The former OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today received the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany from President Johannes Rau. The award honoured Duve's...
OSCE Office in Yerevan presents awards to environmental journalists
Publishing date: 13 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
YEREVAN, 13 January 2004- Awards for the best TV, radio programmes and newspaper articles on environmental issues were presented yesterday in the OSCE Office in Yerevan. "The media has a special role to play...
OSCE Presence conveys condolences for 9 January tragedy and pledges support to fight trafficking
Publishing date: 13 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
TIRANA, 13 January 2004- The OSCE Presence in Albania extends its condolences to the Albanian people and to the families of the victims of the tragedy of 9 January, when a number of young people lost their lives off the coast of southern Albania...
OSCE campaign to focus on health hazards of old Kyrgyz uranium mines
Publishing date: 9 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
BISHKEK, 9 January 2004- A week-long public information campaign in Kyrgyzstan will try to raise awareness of the health problems posed by radioactive waste dumps at Mailuu-Suu in the south of the country, which threaten a wider region with...