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OSCE Mission in Kosovo distributes human rights remedies catalogue
Publishing date: 6 May 2003
PRISTINA, 6 May 2003- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMIK) is about to deliver 600 copies of a new human rights publication to local and international authorities in Kosovo with the aim of helping them to better monitor the implementation and...
Tajik journalists celebrate Press Freedom Day with OSCE Centre in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 5 May 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2003- Some five hundred journalists from across Tajikistan gathered to celebrate World Press Freedom Day at a special event in Dushanbe on Saturday. The winners of a competition on how democratic and socio-economic reforms for...
Media freedom deteriorates in some OSCE States, says OSCE media watchdog
Publishing date: 2 May 2003
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 2 May 2003- The general state of the media in OSCE participating States and the safety of journalists working in hostile environments will be two themes on which the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, will focus...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad contributes to first roundtable in Turkmenistan on legal ethics
Publishing date: 2 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ASHGABAD, 2 May 2003- The OSCE Centre in Ashgabad contributed to a roundtable held in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabad, today, entitled "Legal Ethics for Legal Advisers". The event, the first at which this issue was discussed in Turkmenistan, was...
Five Ambassadors to OSCE start Central Asian tour in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 2 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Policing
BISHKEK, 2 May 2003- A delegation of five Ambassadors to the OSCE finished a three-day visit to Kyrgyzstan today, their first stop on a tour of three Central Asian states. The Heads of the permanent delegations of Bulgaria, France, Ireland...
OSCE Ashgabad roundtable looks at problems of small and medium-sized enterprises
Publishing date: 30 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAD, 30 April 2003- Difficulties faced by the small and medium-sized businesses in Turkmenistan were discussed at an OSCE roundtable in the country's capital, Ashgabad, yesterday. Representatives of government institutions, private...
Fighting terrorism, respect for human rights focus of OSCE meeting in Baku
Publishing date: 30 April 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: Human rights, Countering terrorism
BAKU, 30 April 2003- An OSCE meeting has opened today in the Azeri capital, Baku, focusing on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1373, which calls for States to co-operate in the global struggle against terrorism. One of...