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Decisions issued on breach of election code in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 14 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 14 December 2000-- At its 290th meeting on Tuesday, 12 December 2000, the Provisional Election Commission passed a series of decisions involving the replacement and resignations of various elected officials...
OSCE condemns financial mismanagement in Bosnia and Herzegovina canton
Publishing date: 14 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 14 December 2000-- Widespread budgetary improprieties, waste, and mismanagement in the Una-Sana Canton government, much of it dating back several years, have been discovered in a report prepared by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Croatian prisons to improve relations with media
Publishing date: 13 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 13 December 2000-- Croatian prisons will improve their relations with the media in an attempt to increase transparency of the prison system...
Stability Pact countries sign "Anti-Trafficking Declaration"
Publishing date: 13 December 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
PALERMO, 13 December 2000-- An "Anti-Trafficking Declaration" was signed today by Government Ministers from the countries of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, recognizing the "pressing and growing importance" of the problem...
Kosovo Law Centre seminar on trafficking of women
Publishing date: 13 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
PRISTINA, 13 December 2000-- The Kosovo Law Centre (KLC), in co-operation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), will host a seminar on the issue: "Trafficking of Women"...
Regional trafficking hotlines in Ukraine supported by ODIHR
Publishing date: 12 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
KHARKIV, 12 December 2000- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will assist in establishing and maintaining five regional trafficking hotlines in Ukraine.
Kosovo-wide radio licences awarded
Publishing date: 12 December 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 12 December 2000-- On 11 December 2000, a panel chaired by the Temporary Media Commissioner (TMC) decided to award broadcast licenses for the two available Kosovo-wide radio frequencies to Radio 21 and Radio Dukagjini...