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OSCE urges Albania's parliamentary election committee to agree on reform package by end of March

Publishing date: 7 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
VIENNA, 7 February 2003- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights commended the work of the Bipartisan Committee of the Albanian Parliament...

OSCE roundtable in Albania agrees to draft national strategy for Roma

Publishing date: 4 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
TIRANA, 4 February 2003- Plans to draft a national strategy aimed at improved living conditions for the Roma minority community in Albania were agreed yesterday at an OSCE-financed roundtable. According to the memorandum of understanding between...

OSCE to present report on activities in Albania

Publishing date: 3 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization
TIRANA, 3 February 2003- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Osmo Lipponen, will hold a press conference tomorrow, 4 February, to present the outlines of the current OSCE activities in Albania. The report is Ambassador Lipponen's...

OSCE to evaluate women's rights and anti-trafficking project in Albania

Publishing date: 22 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Roma and Sinti
TIRANA, 22 January 2003- Achievements and future activities of an OSCE project on Women's Rights and Anti-Trafficking Education (WRATE) will be discussed in a three-day meeting to start in Tirana tomorrow. Ambassador Osmo Lipponen, the Head of...

OSCE supports first Roma roundtable in Albania

Publishing date: 10 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
TIRANA, 10 January 2003- In the first roundtable held in Albania on Roma issues, local and international organizations sat down together with representatives of the Albanian government to discuss policy-making on Roma in the country...

OSCE missions recall International Human Rights Day

Publishing date: 10 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
TIRANA, 10 December 2002- The OSCE Presence in Albania congratulates all Albanian citizens, state and political leaders, non-governmental organizations and other individuals and institutions who have been dedicated to promoting...

OSCE offers speedy care and advice to Albanian trafficking victims

Publishing date: 27 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
TIRANA, 27 November 2002- Legal experts from the newly-formed OSCE Victims Assistance Team were on hand through the whole of Wednesday night offering immediate care and advice to victims of trafficking who had just been sent back from Italy. This...