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Bishkek Conference on 13 and 14 December will focus on concrete measures to prevent and counter terrorism
Publishing date: 11 December 2001
Content type: Press release
BISHKEK, 11 December 2001- The prevention and countering of terrorism will be on top of the agenda of an international conference organized by the OSCE and UN ODCCP on 13 and 14 December in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Mission to Tajikistan marks Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 10 December 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
DUSHANBE, 10 December 2001- The OSCE Mission to Tajikistan, in co-operation with the Tajik Government and the United Nation Tajikistan Office of Peace Building (UNTOP), held a series of events to mark the international Human Rights Day.
Multi-talented winners in OSCE's Bosnia and Herzegovina youth contest
Publishing date: 10 December 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 10 December 2001-- Four aspiring young artists received yesterday the first prizes in the OSCE's Youth contest, My World- My Bosnia and Herzegovina. The prizes were awarded at a ceremony held at the National Theatre in Sarajevo.
OSCE trains candidates for the Kosovo Bar exam
Publishing date: 10 December 2001
PRISTINA, 10 December 2001-- A group of 60 jurists who are scheduled to take, later this month, the first Bar/Judicial exam organized in Kosovo in nearly ten years have completed a preparatory training course organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo.
Human Rights Day: OSCE Chairman calls on states to uphold fundamental freedom when fighting terrorism
Publishing date: 10 December 2001
Bucharest, 10 December 2001- On the occasion of United Nations Human Rights Day, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Mircea Geoana, has called on all OSCE participating States to firmly uphold their international human rights commitments...
OSCE promotes victim advocacy network in Kosovo
Publishing date: 6 December 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
PRISTINA, 6 December 2001- Initial steps have been taken to fill a gap in Kosovo's criminal justice system through the creation of a victim advocacy network that includes victim sensitive responses from both governmental and non-governmental actors...
Local media in Tetovo ready to work together despite ethnic differences
Publishing date: 5 December 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
TETOVO, 5 December 2001 (OSCE)-- Managers of electronic media in the town of Tetovo in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, have agreed to co-operate over a project to open a "media city desk"...