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International fact-finding mission looks into alleged assassination attempt on Turkmen President

Publishing date: 14 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
WARSAW, 14 February 2003- An international fact-finding mission established to examine the investigations by the Turkmen authorities of the 25 November assassination attempt on President Saparmurat Niyazov began its work this week. In view...

OSCE media watchdog criticises U.S. Patriot Act

Publishing date: 23 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 23 January 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today criticised the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in the United States for monitoring...

OSCE Media Representative blasts "Stalinist" propaganda methods on Turkmen TV

Publishing date: 16 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Hate speech, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 16 January 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, strongly condemned the abuse of the television media in Turkmenistan to humiliate and destroy individuals accused of an alleged attack against the...

OSCE Permanent Council recommends appointment of new ODIHR Director

Publishing date: 16 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 16 January 2002- The OSCE Permanent Council agreed on Thursday to recommend the appointment of Ambassador Christian Strohal of Austria as Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...

Democracy, good governance are key to maintaining stability, OSCE CiO says

Publishing date: 13 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 13 January 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, said on Monday that strict adherence to the principles of good governance and democracy will help to protect...

The Netherlands takes over OSCE Chairmanship

Publishing date: 7 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika, Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA/THE HAGUE, 7 January 2003- The Netherlands will make the fight against trafficking in human beings, weapons and drugs a key focus of its Chairmanship of the OSCE, which began on 1 January. "The Netherlands has decided to focus attention...

OSCE and Belarus agree on new OSCE Office in Minsk

Publishing date: 30 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 30 December 2002- The Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe agreed on Monday to create a new OSCE Office in Minsk from January 1, 2003, replacing the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring...