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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
International organizations warn Tajik workers against dangers of employment abroad
Publishing date: 29 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 29 July 2002- The OSCE Mission to Tajikistan, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Offices in Tajikistan urge Tajik nationals wishing to travel abroad...
Weapons into water: OSCE repairs irrigation channel in exchange for handing in of small arms in Georgian conflict zone
Publishing date: 29 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 29 July 2002- Repair works on a 40-kilometre irrigation channel system that runs through Georgian and Ossetian villages in the conflict zone are well underway. The repairs are an unusual form of compensation for co-operation...
Deadline approaching for postal Voter Registration
Publishing date: 29 July 2002
PRISTINA, 29 July 2002- The deadline for all potential voters living outside Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro to return by-mail voting applications for the 26 October municipal elections is now just over two weeks away- on August 11...
OSCE promotes fairer employment practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 29 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 29 July 2002- The municipality of Maglaj and the Natron Company from Maglaj have signed memoranda of understandings with the OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina that will promote fairer employment practices in this municipality...
Central Election Commission certifies thirty-four political entities for Kosovo's fall elections
Publishing date: 29 July 2002
PRISTINA, 29 July 2002- Kosovo's Central Election Commission has approved 34 political entities for the municipal elections in Kosovo scheduled for autumn this year...
Minister praises OSCE role in forthcoming Macedonian elections
Publishing date: 25 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Elections, National minority issues, Policing
VIENNA, 25 July 2002- The Foreign Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Slobodan Casule, today praised the role of the OSCE and other partners from the international community in restoring confidence in democracy...
Kosovo newspaper Bota Sot to face new sanctions
Publishing date: 25 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 25 July 2002- The newspaper Bota Sot is facing new sanctions after a decision taken by Kosovo's Media Hearing Board on Wednesday, 24 July, on a complaint originally brought forward by Xhavit Haliti, a Kosovo Assembly Presidency Member...