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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to maintain neutral position on Serbian presidential elections
Publishing date: 7 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 7 October 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, today stressed that the OSCE Mission's position regarding the upcoming Serbian presidential election on 16 November 2003 was both...
OSCE Mission report: Parallel structures affect rule of law in Kosovo
Publishing date: 7 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
PRISTINA, 7 October 2003- A new human rights report from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo shows that parallel structures continue to exist in Kosovo in several areas of the public sectorand that these are having a direct impact on the rights of...
OSCE Mission's Head opens training for minority council representatives in Croatia
Publishing date: 6 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
SISAK, CROATIA, 6 October 2003- Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby yesterday opened the first of a series of training...
OSCE Chair appoints parliamentarians to lead election observation in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia
Publishing date: 6 October 2003
COPENHAGEN, 6 October 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has appointed OSCE PA President Bruce George as his Special Co-ordinator to lead the upcoming OSCE Election Observation Missions in...
OSCE Mission supports refugee return accord between Belgrade and Sarajevo
Publishing date: 6 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 6 October 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, Ambassador Maurizio Massari, welcomed the agreement on refugee returns, signed today between Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The OSCE Mission...
Joint OSCE workshop in Tashkent tackles money-laundering and the financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 6 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 6 October 2003- Money laundering is a direct threat to both national and international security, therefore international co-operation is essential in combating it, experts heard during a two-day joint OSCE workshop in Tashkent, Uzbekistan...
OSCE Mission announces internship programme in Belgrade
Publishing date: 6 October 2003
BELGRADE, 6 October 2003- The second generation of 65 interns will tomorrow begin a nine-month placement in the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro, the National Assembly of Serbia and selected ministries of the Serbian government. Supported by...