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First free national anti-trafficking hotline in Ukraine to start today
Publishing date: 18 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
KYIV, 18 November 2002- Ukraine's first free national telephone hotline service to fight the scandal of trafficking in human beings will officially start working today. The establishment of the hotline was initiated and...
OSCE roundtable in Albania discusses women's rights, anti-trafficking
Publishing date: 15 November 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
TIRANA, 15 November 2002- Women's rights in Albania and measures against trafficking in human beings supported by the OSCE brought together Albanian and international experts in a roundtable today. The Tirana roundtable, hosted...
Serbian Natural Resources and Environment Ministry and OSCE Mission sign memorandum on co-operation
Publishing date: 13 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 13 November 2002- A Memorandum on Co-operation was signed today between the Serbian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). This signing represented...
First Preparatory Seminar for Economic Forum held in Sofia
Publishing date: 13 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
SOFIA, 13 November, 2002- The First Preparatory Seminar for the OSCE's 11th Economic Forum next year was opened in Sofia on 11 November by the Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Solomon Passy...
Canada supports irrigation channel repair in Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone
Publishing date: 13 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 13 November 2002- An OSCE-initiated programme of collective compensation for weapons voluntarily handed over is well underway: The 35-km Trifoni irrigation channel in the Georgian-South Ossetian...
OSCE/ODIHR starts observation of repeat presidential elections in Serbia
Publishing date: 12 November 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 13 November 2002- The OSCE/ODIHR has established an Election Observation Mission to monitor the repeat presidential elections in the Republic of Serbia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which have been scheduled to take place on 8 December...
OSCE Presence in Albania welcomes amendments to law on radio and TV
Publishing date: 11 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Media freedom and development
TIRANA, 11 November 2002- The OSCE Presence in Albania welcomed the unanimous adoption of amendments to the "Law on Public and Private Radio and Television in the Republic of Albania" by the Parliament. The amendments of last...