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"OSCE is not a talking shop" says Secretary General

Publishing date: 3 June 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 3 June 2002- "The OSCE's work makes a practical difference to the lives of ordinary people in troubled areas", said the Secretary General of the Organization, Jan Kubis, dismissing suggestions by some media commentators calling the 55-...

OSCE at important moment in its evolution, says new Chairman-in-Office

Publishing date: 2 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing
VIENNA, 2 May 2002- The new Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, said on Thursday that the Organization was at an important moment in its evolution but stressed that it should remain an effective forum...

Judicial reform and combating organized crime top agenda of Friends of Albania meeting in Vienna

Publishing date: 17 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 17 April 2002- Judicial reform and combating organized crime as well as economic development in Albania were the main focus of today's meeting of the Friends of Albania group

OSCE's human rights representative calls for urgent amendment of election laws in Latvia

Publishing date: 20 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Elections
RIGA, 20 March 2002- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Gerard Stoudmann, called on the political parties in Latvia to bring the election legislation in line with international...

OSCE brings together partners in fight against human trafficking in Ukraine

Publishing date: 28 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 28 February 2002- Two training seminars organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and international partners will focus on fighting trafficking in human beings in the Ukraine...

OSCE starts anti-trafficking project in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 18 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
DUSHANBE/KHUJAND, 18 January 2002- The OSCE Mission to Tajikistan has begun a three-month pilot project aimed at raising awareness of human trafficking among law enforcement officials in the city of Khujand, northern Tajikistan...

French Diplomat Fieschi new Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo

Publishing date: 11 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing
PRISTINA, 11 January 2002-- Pascal Fieschi from France has been appointed as new Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. Prior to his appointment to the OSCE, Mr. Fieschi served as France's Ambassador to Ukraine...