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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...
OSCE's Skopje Mission co-hosts international workshop on travel documentation
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 1 April 2003- A three-day workshop in Ohrid will look at ways to control and identify fraudulent and counterfeit travel documentation, as well as the use of legal travel documents for illegal purposes, such as trafficking in human...
Freimut Duve organizes conference on media in multi-lingual societies
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 1 April 2003- A conference on media in multi-lingual societies was held in Berne, Switzerland, on 28-29 March. It was organized by Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and hosted by the Swiss...
OSCE welcomes progress in reforming Albania's election law, urges swift resolution on remaining issues
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Elections
TIRANA, 1 April 2003- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcome the consensual agreement by the bi-partisan committee of the Albanian parliament on improvements to the...
OSCE Mission to BiH selects 10 winning visions for better schools
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 1 April 2003- Ten winning projects have been selected from over 250 entries to the Student Competition of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The projects describe the students' visions of better schools and are...
OSCE poll shows public has no confidence in BiH leaders to fight corruption
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 1 April 2003- A country-wide opinion poll commissioned by the OSCE reveals a public unified in its expectation that the public utility companies of Bosnia and Herzegovina be reformed. According to the poll, almost 70 per cent say...