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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Yugoslav foreign minister welcomes OSCE contribution to reform in FRY
Publishing date: 20 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Serbia
VIENNA, 20 June 2002- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Goran Svilanovic, today welcomed the OSCE's contribution to the process of reform and democratisation in his country. Addressing the Permanent Council...
International Conference to focus on Islam and national security in Central Asia
Publishing date: 20 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Countering terrorism
ALMATY, 20 June 2002- A two-day international conference will be held in Kazakhstan next week to examine the recent growth in importance of "the Islamic factor" in the social and political life of the Central Asian countries.
OSCE welcomes signing of municipal electoral law in Kosovo
Publishing date: 18 June 2002
PRISTINA, 18 June 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo welcomes the signing of the regulation on municipal elections by the United Nations Special Representative, Michael Steiner, which lays out the basic provisions governing the elections...
Secretary General Kubis urges Tajikistan to continue reforms
Publishing date: 18 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 18 June 2002- Speaking at the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the peace accords in Tajikistan, the OSCE Secretary General, Jan Kubis, today urged the Tajik authorities "to continue with determination the reform process"...
OSCE helps rehabilitation of earthquake child victims in Georgia
Publishing date: 18 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TBILISI, 18 June 2002- A fund raised by an OSCE charity ball is being used to provide psycho-social rehabilitation to 75 children from internally displaced families who were heavily affected by an earthquake in Georgia last April...
OSCE meeting in Baku stresses need to ensure religious freedom while combating extremism
Publishing date: 18 June 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, Countering terrorism
BAKU, 18 June 2002- The need to ensure religious freedom in the fight against extremism was stressed by participants at an OSCE meeting in Baku on 17 and 18 June. "Freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief belong to the most...
No security and stability without freedom of expression, says Head of OSCE Centre in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
ALMATY, 18 June 2002- Ambassador Heinrich Haupt, Head of the OSCE Centre in Almaty, said today at a media conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, that there was no true security and stability without freedom of expression...