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Chairman-in-Office wishes to broaden co-operation between OSCE and Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 10 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ASHGABAD, 9 April, 2004- On the fifth day of his tour of Central Asian States, the Chairman-in-Office, Solomon Passy, discussed the OSCE agenda for further democratic development of Turkmenistan with the country's President, Saparmurat Niyazov...
OSCE Police Assistance Programme helps intercept 44 kgs of heroin in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 9 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
BISHKEK, 9 April 2004- A drug-sniffing dog, provided by the OSCE to Kyrgyz Police under the Police Assistance Programme, helped detect 44 kilograms of heroin in a passenger bus near the town of Osh in Kyrgyzstan on 7 April...
OSCE, Swiss mine expert group launch second phase of Tajikistan mine action project
Publishing date: 9 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
DUSHANBE, 9 April 2004- The second part of a project to save Tajikistan from its bitter civil war legacy, landmines, was launched yesterday in the country's capital, Dushanbe. Under an agreement signed between the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and the...
OSCE Media Representative greets decision by Kazakhstan President to send media law for review
Publishing date: 8 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 8 April 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has expressed his satisfaction with the decision of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev to send a contested draft media law to the Constitutional Council...
OSCE Mission produced documentary on Roma community to premiere in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 8 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Roma and Sinti
SARAJEVO, 8 April 2004- A documentary about the Roma community, produced and filmed by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, will premiere here today, marking International Roma Day. The film, Absent: Roma in School, sheds light on the struggle...
Tajikistan reforms deserve further OSCE support, says Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 8 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 8 April 2004- Visiting Tajikistan on the fourth stop of his five-day visit to the Central Asian States, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, discussed OSCE support for further democratic development...
OSCE Office condemns violence against journalists in Armenia
Publishing date: 8 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
YEREVAN, 8 April 2004- Ambassador Vladimir Pryakhin, the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, condemned the attacks on journalists that occurred at an opposition rally in Yerevan on 5 April. Any violence against journalists should be condemned...