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OSCE PA Fall Meetings in Rome
Publishing date: 1 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 1 October 2003- From 9-11 October, in the Italian Parliament in Rome, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) will hold a Conference on Religious Freedom and a...
OSCE Mission in Skopje welcomes new law on Ombudsperson
Publishing date: 1 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 1 October 2003- Ambassador Craig Jenness, the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, welcomed the entry into force today of a new law strengthening the role of the Ombudsperson. "This important law is a key step forward...
Latvian human rights centre receives Van der Stoel prize 2003
Publishing date: 30 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 30 September 2003- An international jury, led by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekéus, has decided to award the inaugural Van der Stoel Prize to the Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies. The prize...
OSCE to host Europe's largest human rights conference in Warsaw
Publishing date: 29 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 29 September, 2003- More than 500 international experts, government representatives, and human rights activists will gather in Warsaw from 6 to 17 October to take part in this year's session of Europe's largest human rights conference...
OSCE Parliamentarians call for fair power-sharing in a federalized Moldova
Publishing date: 29 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 29 September 2003- "A federation built upon a fair power-sharing mechanism and with a clear separation of powers would secure a better future for Moldova and its people", said Kimmo Kiljunen, Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary...
OSCE Mission Head in Skopje concerned about future of Tetovo University
Publishing date: 26 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 26 September 2003- On Friday, the head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, Craig Jenness, issued a joint statement with the European Union Special Representative, Alexis Brouhns, the United States Ambassador Lawrence Butler...
OSCE Chairman hopeful of progress on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Publishing date: 26 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
New York, 26 September 2003-- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, expressed hope that the Co-Chairmen of the Minsk Group will be able to make some progress on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...