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OSCE project offers better support for trafficking victims in Kosovo
Publishing date: 9 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
PRISTINA, 9 October 2002- In future, victims of trafficking should be offered stronger support in Kosovo, thanks to an OSCE-funded legal aid project that will strengthen Victims have, up till now, often been treated as prostitutes...
OSCE-sponsored website on Parliamentary Code of Conduct launched
Publishing date: 9 October 2002
BELGRADE, 9 October 2002- A website designed to encourage discussion on a Parliamentary Code of Conduct was launched today in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The website is developed with the support of the Speaker...
OSCE human rights talk shows to be broadcast live on Azerbaijani TV
Publishing date: 9 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: Human rights
BAKU, 9 October 2002- Beginning this Saturday, Azerbaijan's first independent TV station, ANS, will broadcast live a series of radio talk shows on human rights issues.
Visit to Lisbon of Bruce George, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 8 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
LISBON, 8 October 2002- The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Bruce George, paid a visit to Lisbon on 8 October, at the invitation of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister António Martins da Cruz...
OSCE training seminars in Georgia show human rights is "not just wishful thinking"
Publishing date: 8 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Human rights
TBILISI, 8 October 2002- A series of three training seminars on human rights monitoring and reporting ended yesterday in Bakuriani, Georgia. The conclusion of the five-day training was also the occasion to mark the presentation of a new...
International Advisory Group presents its report on future of Kosovo's media
Publishing date: 7 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 7 October 2002- The International Advisory Group to the Task Force on the Independent Media Commission (IMC) recommends to the Special Representative of the Secretary General that media regulation be established under...
OSCE mission heads' meeting stresses increasing importance of Central Asian region
Publishing date: 7 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DUSHANBE, 7 October 2002- The Central Asian region is becoming increasingly important for the OSCE, the Director of the Organization's Conflict Prevention Centre, Ambassador Lamberto Zannier, told a regional meeting in the Tajik...