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OSCE Office contributes to local and self-government discussions in Belarus
Publishing date: 1 December 2003
MINSK, 1 December 2003- The OSCE Office in Minsk will conclude a project on local and self-government with an international seminar in the Belarusian capital tomorrow. The seminar, on Conceptual Issues of the Development and Perfection of...
9th OSCE Journalism and Democracy Prize goes to Committee to Protect Journalists
Publishing date: 1 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Media freedom and development
MAASTRICHT, 1 December 2003- The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will receive the 9th OSCE Prize for Journalism and Democracy, the President of the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly, Bruce George, has announced today. "Granting CPJ...
President of the OSCE PA appeals to Georgian authorities
Publishing date: 30 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Summits / Ministerial Councils
MAASTRICHT, 30 November 2003- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Bruce George, will meet in Maastricht the acting President of Georgia, Nino Burjanadze, who will attend the Ministerial Council Meeting of the OSCE in Maastricht...
OSCE Centre holds course on human rights in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 29 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ASHGABAD, 29 November 2003- Representatives from several governmental institutions and organizations of Turkmenistan participated in an OSCE course on international legislation on human rights in the country's capital, Ashgabad. The five-day...
OSCE and UNHCR support regional refugee return process
Publishing date: 28 November 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 28 November 2003- The Heads of the OSCE Missions and the Representatives of the UNHCR in Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia met today in Belgrade to review the framework of the enhanced regional co-operation on...
Georgia election a chance for new authorities to show commitment to democracy
Publishing date: 28 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Elections
TBILISI/WARSAW, 28 November 2003- The presidential election scheduled for 4 January in Georgia will provide an early opportunity to demonstrate whether the authorities now have a willingness to hold genuinely democratic elections, concludes a...
OSCE holds third roundtable on civil procedural code in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 28 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAD, 28 November 2003- As part of its efforts to assist Turkmenistan in bringing its civil legislation into line with international standards and best practices, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad held a third roundtable on the draft...