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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Kosovo Law Centre sets out future priorities
Publishing date: 10 July 2003
PRISTINA, 10 July 2003- At the time when the local institutions are assuming new competencies, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo is continuing the process of handing over institutions to local ownership. The Kosovo Law Centre (KLC), established by...
Wanted: Young and active people with ideas
Publishing date: 9 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 9 July 2003- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina invites young people throughout BiH to apply for the "Successor Generation Initiative" (SGI). First launched in 2002, SGI aims to bolster exceptional young...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopts Rotterdam Declaration
Publishing date: 9 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
ROTTERDAM, 9 July 2003- At the close of their meetings in Rotterdam from 5 to 9 July 2003, nearly 300 Parliamentarians of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted the Rotterdam Declaration focusing on the political, economic and human...
OSCE sees progress on Croatia key laws, urges faster implementation
Publishing date: 8 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
ZAGREB, 8 July 2003- A report on Croatia's fulfillment of its international commitments was outlined to the media today by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby. The 29-page report details progress in areas under...
OSCE Head of Mission meets head of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Publishing date: 8 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 8 July 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro Ambassador Maurizio Massari today met the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Pavle to discuss issues relating to human rights, regional co-operation and peaceful...
Young leaders discuss inter-ethnic co-operation at OSCE Skopje Mission seminar
Publishing date: 7 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 7 July 2003- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje is hosting a conference for young leaders in Ohrid from 7 to 9 July. The event brings together 22 participants from each of four OSCE-organized youth leadership conferences...
OSCE CiO condemns bomb attacks in Moscow
Publishing date: 7 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
ALMATY, 7 July 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, today condemned weekend suicide bomb attacks at a rock concert in Moscow. "I utterly deplore the attacks in Moscow on Saturday which cost...