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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office speaks out against torture
Publishing date: 26 June 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
Vienna, 26 June 2000- \"Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment constitute an attempt to destroy a fellow human being physically and mentally...\"
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office welcomes signing of Memorandum of Understanding with the Republic of Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 20 June 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 20 June 2000- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, welcomes the signing...
OSCE to intensify the fight against trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 20 June 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating human trafficking
VIENNA, 20 June 2000-- The OSCE wrapped up its two-day meeting on trafficking in human beings today with a special session devoted to the work of NGOs. The participants...
Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina addresses issues relating to trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 19 June 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Combating human trafficking
SARAJEVO, 19 June 2000- The Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation has invited all participating states and Field...
Presidential elections in Georgia: OSCE statement on preliminary findings and conclusions
Publishing date: 10 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Elections
TBILISI, 10 April 2000- The OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission concluded that considerable progress is necessary for Georgia to fully meet...
OSCE/ODIHR supports activities surrounding the International Roma Day
Publishing date: 5 April 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
Warsaw, 5 April 2000- The OSCE/ODIHR Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues supports a number of awareness-raising activities organized on the occasion of the...
OSCE/ODIHR meets Presidential Representative for Human Rights in Chechnya and agrees to develop concrete support
Publishing date: 24 March 2000
Content type: Press release
MOSCOW, 24 March 2000-- Vladimir Kalamanov, the Russian Presidential Special Representative for Human Rights in Chechnya,...