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OSCE experts to visit Gudauta base in Abkhazia, Georgia
Publishing date: 15 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 15 June 2002- A team of four OSCE military experts, headed by Colonel Laszlo Belagyi of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, will today visit the Gudauta base in Abkhazia, Georgia, as preparation for later inspection...
"Media situation in Kazakhstan has consistently deteriorated", says OSCE Media Representative
Publishing date: 14 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 14 June 2002- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has issued a special report on the media situation in Kazakhstan, highlighting his main concerns and recommending concrete steps for improvement...
High-level officials agree to coordinate fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 13 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
Lisbon, 13 June 2002- High-level officials from governments and major international organizations, meeting in Lisbon on the initiative of the Portuguese Chairmanship of the OSCE, agreed on Wednesday to improve co-ordination and information-sharing...
Ambassador Ahrens urges Albania to implement anti-corruption plan
Publishing date: 12 June 2002
TIRANA, 12 June 2002- Ambassador Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, urged the implementation of the revised government anti-corruption plan and said the General Prosecutor's office had a key role to play in the fight...
Simultaneous translation systems delivered to Kosovo courts
Publishing date: 12 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
PRISTINA, 12 June 2002- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo handed over two Simultaneous Translation Systems (STS) to the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMiK) Department of Justice to equip Kosovo Courts. One STS was installed...
Promoting the Aarhus Convention in Central Asia
Publishing date: 10 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
DUSHANBE, 10 June 2002- Access to information, public participation in decision-making, and access to justice in environmental matters were at the centre of discussions during a four-day workshop held in Tajikistan, from 4 to 7 June 2002.
Year-long human rights campaign concludes in Kosovo schools
Publishing date: 7 June 2002
PRISTINA, 7 June 2002- Around 100 primary school children took part today in Vushtrri/Vucitrn in the final event of a joint OSCE/Council of Europe human rights awareness campaign, based on the production of a calendar that involved 150 school classes...