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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Baku workshop discusses combating money laundering and terrorism financing
Publishing date: 31 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Countering terrorism
BAKU, 31 March 2003- Participants at Azerbaijan's first National Workshop on Combating Money Laundering and Suppressing Financing of Terrorism agreed on the need for effective measures to fight against those crimes. The two-day event, which...
OSCE and BBC train Azerbaijani journalists in elections reporting
Publishing date: 12 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 12 February 2003- A two-week training course on election reporting has just been launched by the OSCE Office in Baku in conjunction with the BBC Training Centre, based in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Experts will train around 25 staff members...
OSCE Baku Office leads study tour of business development projects near Vienna
Publishing date: 22 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
BAKU, 22 January 2003- The OSCE Office in Baku will conduct a three-day study tour next week of industrial parks and development schemes for small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in the Danube Basin...
OSCE/ODIHR regrets opposition's absence from roundtable on Azerbaijan's draft election code
Publishing date: 18 December 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: Elections
WARSAW, 18 December 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expressed regret over the absence of major opposition parties from a roundtable on the draft Election Code of Azerbaijan, which was...
OSCE Mission reacts to "kamikaze" report of Azerbaijani TV
Publishing date: 25 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 25 October 2002- Following the report by an Azerbaijani TV station expressing the need for kamikazes ready to sacrifice themselves for their country, the OSCE Office in Baku today said that it was monitoring very closely...
OSCE's human rights office launches training course for Azerbaijani border guards in Poland
Publishing date: 24 October 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: Democratization
WARSAW, 24 October 2002- Starting today, a group of 15 border guards from Azerbaijan will be trained at the Polish border guards academy in Ketrzyn. The one-year programme has been organized and sponsored by the OSCE's...
First roundtable on reform of Azerbaijani election law to take place in December
Publishing date: 11 October 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: Elections
BAKU, 11 October 2002- The OSCE/ODIHR today announced that the public consultation process on reforming the country's election legislation will begin with a roundtable in the first half of December 2002...