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Tajik conference prepares for 2005 general elections
Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Elections
DUSHANBE, 3 April 2003- A conference held today in the Tajik capital focused on the country's preparations for parliamentary elections to be held in 2005. Participants at the event, which was organized by the Tajik Parliament with support from...
OSCE concerned about segregation of students in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
SARAJEVO, 3 April 2003- Ambassador Robert Beecroft, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), has expressed strong concern about the continued segregation of students in 56 schools in one of the two country's entities...
OSCE/ODIHR: In times of conflict, respect for human rights and humanitarian law must be top priority
Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
GENEVA, 3 April 2003- ODIHR Director Amb. Christian Strohal today underlined in a statement to the UN Human Rights Commission that respect for human rights and humanitarian law must be a top priority, particularly in times of armed conflict. "In
OSCE Skopje Mission co-organizes business training for young entrepreneurs in Kumanovo
Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 3 April 2003- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje and a non-profit organization, the Southeast Europe Enterprise Development (SEED), will organize two youth entrepreneur workshops in Kumanovo on 4 and 7 April...
OSCE Mission in Belgrade holds co-ordination meeting on combating organized crime
Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Policing
BELGRADE, 3 April 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today brought together the donor community and the Serbian Justice and Interior Ministries on the issue of co-ordinating the fight against organized crime. The informal meeting...
Pace of reform accelerating in Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission Head says
Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
VIENNA, 3 April 2003- The pace of reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina is accelerating but there is still a long way to go in fully establishing the rule of law and economic regeneration, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Democratization promotes Central Asian security, OSCE Bishkek Academy workshop notes
Publishing date: 2 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 2 April 2003- Democracy is no guarantee of security and stability, but it reduces risks, Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann, Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, told an experts' meeting in the Kyrgyz capital, organized by...