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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE PA President calls for peaceful solution to political crisis in Georgia
Publishing date: 23 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
TBILISI, 23 November 2003- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Bruce George, currently in Tbilisi as Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for the observation of the Georgian parliamentary elections, appeals to all...
Chairman of OSCE and CoE calls for peaceful solution in Georgia
Publishing date: 22 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
THE HAGUE, 22 November 2003- Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, in his capacity as both Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, today appealed...
OSCE seminar in Montenegro discusses professional standards of journalism
Publishing date: 21 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
PODGORICA, 21 November 2003- The OSCE Office in Podgorica and the Self-Regulatory Body of the Journalists of Montenegro organized a seminar aimed at bringing the Code of Conduct for Montenegrin Journalists to life...
OSCE Office holds first Congress of women entrepreneurs in Baku
Publishing date: 21 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BAKU, 21 November 2003- The improvement of conditions for women to start and run a business and their active participation in the economic life of Azerbaijan are being discussed at a three-day congress which opened today in Baku...
OSCE/ODIHR human rights chief calls on Azeri authorities to recognise violations during presidential election
Publishing date: 20 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
BAKU/WARSAW, 20 November 2003- Ambassador Christian Strohal, Director of OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, urged the authorities of Azerbaijan to acknowledge the serious violations that occurred during the election process...
Over 33,000 returnee children enrolled in schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina return area
Publishing date: 20 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 20 November 2003- A statistical report on the implementation of the Interim Agreement on Returnee Children, presented today at a meeting in Banja Luka, showed that this school year over 400 school-age returnee children enrolled in schools...
Improved investment climate in Moldova would help combat sex trafficking, says OSCE Mission Head
Publishing date: 18 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
CHISINAU, 18 November 2003- At an international conference on combating sex trafficking, co-organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova, the Head Ambassador William Hill, has urged the Moldovan Government to take concrete steps in tackling the root...