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OSCE Mission in Skopje reiterates support to Ohrid agreement
Publishing date: 14 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 14 August 2003- On yesterday's second anniversary of its signing, the Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Craig Jenness, called the Ohrid Framework Agreement a monumental and courageous political achievement...
Peacekeepers begin withdrawal of armoured vehicles in Moldova
Publishing date: 14 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 14 August 2003- Moldovan and Transdniestrian military forces today took their first demilitarization steps in many years by together withdrawing 37 armoured vehicles from the Security Zone, the area separating the two sides since the...
Former OSCE staff member gains top Canadian human rights award
Publishing date: 14 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 14 August 2003- Canadian human rights lawyer, Georgette Gagnon, who served from 2001 to 2003 as Director of Human Rights for the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been honoured with the Walter Tarnopolsky Human Rights...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo strongly condemns killings in Peje/Pec
Publishing date: 14 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 14 August 2003- The Acting Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) has condemned a shooting yesterday in the Peje/Pec municipality, which left two youths dead and several others seriously injured, in the strongest possible terms...
OSCE meeting tries to resolve NGO registration issues in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 12 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization
BAKU, 12 August 2003- The problems facing local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in registering with state authorities is the focus of a meeting which opened today in the Azeri capital, Baku. Through this meeting, which is the first in a...
OSCE Mission hails Bosnia and Herzegovina's new common core curriculum
Publishing date: 8 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 8 August 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina warmly welcomed today's adoption of an agreement on a country wide common core curriculum, calling it a further step towards the reform of the country's education system. The...
OSCE Kosovo Mission to transfer election operations to local body
Publishing date: 8 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Elections
PRISTINA, 8 August 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) will begin to transfer some of its operational responsibilities for elections to a permanent Secretariat of the Central Election Commission (CEC), while maintaining an advisory role within...