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OSCE Dushanbe workshop to focus on security of small arms and light weapons, ammunition management

Publishing date: 11 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 11 April 2005- Forty-four members of Tajik law enforcement agencies and armed forces will take part in a workshop on physical security of small arms and light weapons and conventional ammunition that starts tomorrow in Dushanbe...

OSCE Mission to Croatia concerned returnees may lose homes

Publishing date: 8 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 8 April 2005- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia is concerned that an increasing number of Serb returnees in Croatia may lose their homes due to unfair and incomplete legal regulations and biased decisions by some local courts. The recent...

OSCE Seminar discusses environmental and health risks from industries in Ferghana valley

Publishing date: 8 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Environmental activities
CORTONA, ITALY, 8 April 2005- Ways of evaluating the environmental and health risks from industrial installations in the Ferghana Valley were discussed at a seminar that ended today in Cortona. The five-day event, organized by the OSCE, assessed the...

Number of children trafficked from Moldova to Russia on the rise, says new UN-OSCE report

Publishing date: 8 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
CHISINAU, 8 April 2005- More children are being trafficked from Moldova to Russia, shows an international report presented in Moldova today. It also shows that the number of trafficked persons returning to Moldova, especially from the Western Balkans...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office to visit Albania on Monday

Publishing date: 8 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 8 April 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel will visit Albania on Monday. During his meetings with Albanian President Alfred Moisiu, Prime Minister Fatos Nano and Foreign Minister Kastriot Islami, he will discuss parliamentary...

OSCE Mission welcomes initiative for Roma integration into Serbian society

Publishing date: 8 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Roma and Sinti
BELGRADE, 8 April 2005- On the occasion of the World Roma Day and the Proclamation of the Decade of Roma Inclusion in Serbia, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today welcomed the official launch of a regional initiative towards...

OSCE Office helps organize student essay contest on role of women in Armenia

Publishing date: 8 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
YEREVAN, 8 April 2005- The winners of an essay contest on the role of women in Armenia were announced today at an award ceremony in Yerevan. They were chosen from more than 500 students...