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Training seminars for border and customs officials held in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 22 November 2002
ASHGABAD, 22 November 2002- A series of four training seminars aimed at strengthening the professionalism and operational capacity of Turkmenistan's border and customs authorities were concluded in Ashgabad. The...
OSCE calls Serbian electorate to vote on 8 December
Publishing date: 22 November 2002
BELGRADE, 22 November 2002- On the occasion of his first visit to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Appointed Head of the OSCE Mission to the FRY Ambassador Maurizio Massari announced that the Mission will launch a campaign to...
OSCE/ODIHR and Council of Europe to hold roundtable on improving electoral process in Albania
Publishing date: 21 November 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Elections
TIRANA, 21 November 2002- The second in a series of four roundtables aimed at improving the electoral process in Albania will be held on 22 and 23 November in Tirana. This...
New UN Human Rights Commissioner calls for expansion of co-operation with OSCE
Publishing date: 21 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 21 November 2002- Speaking for the first time at a meeting of the OSCE's 55-nation Permanent Council, the new United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, called for expanded co-operation between his office and...
OSCE applauds BiH education strategy presentation
Publishing date: 21 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 21 November 2002- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina applauds the BiH authorities' presentation of an Education Reform Agenda, to the Peace Implementation Council in Brussels today. The agenda, "Reforming...
Law Centre publishes compilation of laws applicable in Kosovo
Publishing date: 21 November 2002
PRISTINA, 21 November 2002- Due to the interest shown by local and international lawyers for the Kosovo Law Centre's (KLC) publication compiling the law applicable in Kosovo, the KLC has added to this series of compilations...
OSCE hosts trial monitoring conference in Tirana
Publishing date: 21 November 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
TIRANA, 21 November 2002- A regional discussion on the monitoring of criminal trials brought legal personnel from the six OSCE field missions across south-eastern Europe together in Tirana this week...