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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE's human rights office launches training course for Azerbaijani border guards in Poland
Publishing date: 24 October 2002
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
WARSAW, 24 October 2002- Starting today, a group of 15 border guards from Azerbaijan will be trained at the Polish border guards academy in Ketrzyn. The one-year programme has been organized and sponsored by the OSCE's...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office strongly condemns hostage-taking in Moscow
Publishing date: 24 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Countering terrorism
LISBON, 24 October 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has strongly condemned the taking of hundreds of Russian and foreign citizens as hostages by a group of gunmen...
OSCE assists Serbian Government in fight against corruption
Publishing date: 24 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 24 October 2002- A conference on concrete anti-corruption tools will begin tomorrow in Belgrade. The event, which will be opened by the Serbian Prime Minister, Zoran Djindjic, will identify the most suitable solutions...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office calls on all communities in Kosovo to go and vote
Publishing date: 24 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, National minority issues
LISBON, 24 October 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has sent a strong message to all Kosovo voters to go out and cast their votes for the municipal elections on 26 October...
US support for OSCE policing drive will help fight terrorism and organized crime
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
WASHINGTON D.C., 23 October 2002- More effective policing in the volatile Central Asia region adjoining Afghanistan is among measures that will help the United States and its allies in the region to combat terrorism and crime...
Open letter from OSCE Head of Mission to all voters in Kosovo
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
PRISTINA, 23 October 2002- Dear Voter, This Saturday, 26 October, you-- and all the other voters-- will have the right to go to the polls and cast your vote. Never before have so many different political entities run in a Kosovo...
OSCE Moldova Mission reports Gagauzia voting "calm" but serious concerns remain
Publishing date: 23 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Democratization, Elections, National minority issues
CHISINAU, 23 October 2002- The OSCE Mission to Moldova considers that the repeated elections for the Bashkan (Governor) of Gagauzia, on 20 October, were generally held in a calm atmosphere, but noted a number of procedural irregularities and...