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OSCE/ODIHR presents assessment of Montenegrin electoral legislation
Publishing date: 9 August 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
PODGORICA, 9 August 2002- The OSCE Office in Montenegro today delivered to the Montenegrin Parliament and parliamentary party representatives an assessment by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the...
OSCE Bosnia and Herzegovina Mission rejects criticism of Election Commission
Publishing date: 8 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 8 August 2002- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina rejects the unfounded criticism by the country's union of graphic workers regarding the decision of the Election Commission to award ballot printing for the upcoming elections...
Successor named to Geert-Hinrich Ahrens as Head of OSCE Presence in Albania
Publishing date: 7 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania
VIENNA, 7 August 2002- A Finnish diplomat has been named to succeed the current Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, who will relinquish his post after more than three years of distinguished service on 31 August...
Taking steps against discrimination of women in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 7 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 7 August 2002- Participants in a roundtable on equality between men and women in Tajikistan have stressed the need for accessible and fast mechanisms for enforcing legal provisions. The roundtable, organized on 5 August by the OSCE...
OSCE works with Ukraine to train judges in Crimea
Publishing date: 2 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization
KYIV, 2 August 2002- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine co-organized a two-day seminar last month for judges from the Crimean Appeals Court in Simferopol. The aim was to provide the bench with a better understanding of property law...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office expresses serious concern at increased tension between Georgia and Russian Federation
Publishing date: 2 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
VIENNA, 2 August 2002- The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has expressed his serious concern over the current escalation of tension...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office welcomes broad participation in Kosovo municipal elections
Publishing date: 2 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Elections, National minority issues
LISBON, 2 August 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, has welcomed the certification of political entities running in the forthcoming Municipal Elections in Kosovo. Those entities certified...