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OSCE/ODIHR Director visits Azerbaijan to review preparations for upcoming presidential elections
Publishing date: 24 April 2003
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, Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 24 April 2003- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal, arrived in Baku today for a first visit to Azerbaijan. Ambassador Strohal, who has been heading the OSCE's...
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...
OSCE Office in Baku recalls Azerbaijan's human dimension commitments
Publishing date: 4 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BAKU, 4 October 2002- Following remarks by an Azerbaijani minister expressing concern about the participation of students at opposition rallies, the OSCE Office in Baku today said it was monitoring very closely Azerbaijan's implementation...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Severin visits Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 24 October 2001
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization
BAKU, 24 October 2001 (OSCE)-- On 21- 24 October 2001, Adrian Severin, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, paid an official visit to Azerbaijan to acquire a deeper insight into the present situation in the country...
OSCE Missions continue efforts in Central Asia, Caucasus and Baltics
Publishing date: 7 December 2000
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 7 December 2000- The OSCE Permanent Council today decided to extend the mandates of seven OSCE Missions in Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Baltics and Eastern Europe.
OSCE Chair welcomes registration of opposition parties for elections in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 11 October 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
VIENNA, 11 October 2000-- The Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, welcomes the decision of the Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan...