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OSCE Chairman-in-Office says continued dialogue needed in Central Asia

Publishing date: 17 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development
THE HAGUE, 17 July 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, returned from a five-day visit to Central Asia convinced that there is no alternative to continued dialogue with the Central Asian...

OSCE/ODIHR stresses that progress on electoral reform in Albania must lead to improved local elections

Publishing date: 14 July 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, Democratization, Human rights, Elections
TIRANA, 14 July 2003- On his first visit to Albania as Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Christian Strohal welcomed the agreement reached by the bi-partisan committee on reforms to...

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopts Rotterdam Declaration

Publishing date: 9 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
ROTTERDAM, 9 July 2003- At the close of their meetings in Rotterdam from 5 to 9 July 2003, nearly 300 Parliamentarians of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted the Rotterdam Declaration focusing on the political, economic and human...

OSCE holds training seminars on fight against human trafficking in northern Tajikistan

Publishing date: 4 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
DUSHANBE/KHUJAND, 3 July 2003- A four-month awareness-raising campaign to inform the population about the problem of human trafficking recently ended in Tajikistan's northern region of Sughd...

OSCE Security Conference considers fresh options

Publishing date: 27 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation, Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 26 June 2003- The OSCE's first-ever Annual Security Review Conference closed yesterday with its main aim successfully met- that of identifying a range of practical options for the Organization to address the new threats and challenges to...

Expert meeting develops recommendations for reform of Montenegro's anti-trafficking legislation

Publishing date: 25 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
PODGORICA, 25 June 2003- International and national legal experts met in Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro, this week to develop recommendations for the reform of anti-trafficking provisions in Montenegro's criminal law...

OSCE Mission dissatisfied by outcome of Montenegrin human trafficking case

Publishing date: 10 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
BELGRADE, 10 June 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro is dissatisfied that the municipal prosecutor has decided not to proceed with a high-profile human trafficking case in Montenegro, in which a young woman from Moldova accused...