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Head of OSCE Kosovo Mission: History is our enemy

Publishing date: 29 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Roma and Sinti
PRISTINA, 29 May 2003- Almost four years after the OSCE began its work in Kosovo, the environment remains one of rapid change but Kosovo has been firmly established on the international agenda of unfinished business, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi...

Prague Economic Forum ends with concrete anti-trafficking measures recommended to OSCE States

Publishing date: 23 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
PRAGUE, 23 May 2003- Stronger involvement of the business community and the establishment of an international network of anti-trafficking non-governmental organizations, brokered by the OSCE, are among the key recommendations discussed at the...

UN and OSCE to move onto second phase of joint initiative on environment and security

Publishing date: 21 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Environmental activities
PRAGUE, 21 May 2003- A joint United Nations-OSCE initiative to promote co-operation in environmental matters and security questions will receive a major boost today when the OSCE Economic Forum, taking place in Prague, will be linked via video...

Chairman-in-Office urges OSCE States to take concrete steps in fight against trafficking

Publishing date: 20 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
PRAGUE, 20 May 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has called on OSCE States at the 11th OSCE Economic Forum to identify concrete steps to better fight trafficking...

Kosovo's witness protection system- in need of review

Publishing date: 20 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Policing
PRISTINA, 20 May, 2003- The OSCE's latest review of Kosovo's criminal justice system has pinpointed the crucial importance of a more secure and effective witness protection system to help combat crime in the province, in particular organised crime..

Serbian Deputy PM welcomes support from OSCE Permanent Council

Publishing date: 15 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, National minority issues, Policing
VIENNA, 15 May 2003- Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Nebojsa Covic, made an impassioned plea at the Permanent Council on Thursday for recognition by the international community that his country had undergone a thorough transformation since the days...

OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje supports anti-trafficking workshop for legal experts

Publishing date: 9 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
SKOPJE, 9 May 2003- About 70 prosecutors and investigative judges will participate in a two-day workshop financially supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje in Struga on 9 and 10 May...