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OSCE/ODIHR concerned about security of witness in high-profile trafficking case in Montenegro
Publishing date: 13 December 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
WARSAW, 13 December 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today expressed its concern about the security of the main witness in a high-profile anti-trafficking case in Montenegro...
Awareness initiative to be launched for 22 December Montenegrin presidential election
Publishing date: 12 December 2002
BELGRADE/PODGORICA, 12 December 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Council of Europe will launch a TV, press and billboard awareness initiative in Montenegro tomorrow, 13 December, to encourage...
Budva roundtable discusses treatment of long-term prisoners
Publishing date: 11 December 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization
BELGRADE, 11 December 2002- High-level officials from justice ministries of six south-eastern Europe countries, legal experts and representatives of international organisations will participate in a roundtable on the "Treatment of...
OSCE Mission constructs playgrounds for children in southern Serbia
Publishing date: 11 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 11 December 2002- The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), in co-ordination with local authorities, will re-construct three playgrounds for children in southern Serbia before the end of the year. The...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office urges Serbian political leaders to remedy election failures
Publishing date: 10 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Elections
LISBON, 10 December 2002- While recognizing the orderly manner in which the repeat presidential election in the Republic of Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, was conducted, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Antonio Martins da Cruz...
International observers concerned about deepening political impasse after Serbia's second failed presidential election
Publishing date: 9 December 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 9 December 2002- Following yesterday's repeat presidential election in Serbia, which again failed due to insufficient voter turnout, the international observers from the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and...
OSCE/ODIHR starts observation of presidential election in Montenegro
Publishing date: 2 December 2002
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
PODGORICA, 2 December 2002-- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has established an Election Observation Mission to monitor the presidential election scheduled for 22 December in the Republic of Montenegro...