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OSCE Mission Head to meet Montenegro's parliamentary opposition
Publishing date: 11 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
BELGRADE, 11 September 2003- The OSCE's top representatives in Belgrade and Podgorica will meet the Montenegrin opposition parties which are currently boycotting parliament, tomorrow. The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office appalled by murder of Swedish Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 11 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
THE HAGUE, 11 September 2003- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, said today he was shocked and appalled by the murder of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh...
OSCE Office concerned over closure of NGOs in Belarus
Publishing date: 11 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
MINSK, 11 September 2003- Closure of non-governmental organizations for alleged violations of the law is a continuing concern for international observers, said the Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, today...
OSCE media watchdog, Council of Europe voice concern on media in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 10 September 2003
Content type: Press release
VIENNA/STRASBOURG, 10 September 2003- Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today made the following joint statement regarding the media situation in...
OSCE/ODIHR starts observation of local government elections in Albania
Publishing date: 10 September 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
TIRANA, 10 September 2003- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today established an Election Observation Mission to monitor the local government elections in Albania scheduled for 12 October...
OSCE/ODIHR opens large-scale Election Observation Mission in Georgia
Publishing date: 9 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 9 September 2003- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established a large-scale, long-term Election Observation Mission to monitor the parliamentary elections in Georgia scheduled for 2 November...
OSCE-supported anti-torture action plan signed off by officials and NGOs in Georgia
Publishing date: 8 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TBILISI, 8 September 2003- Top government officials and representatives of non-governmental organizations in Georgia agreed on a National Action Plan against Torture for 2003 to 2005...