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Armenian translation of the Helsinki Final Act presented by OSCE Yerevan Office and the Armenian Foreign Ministry
Publishing date: 2 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
YEREVAN, 2 September 2005- The Armenian translation of the Helsinki Final Act, the first comprehensive document addressing European security, was introduced today to the public in Yerevan on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of its adoption...
OSCE Mission to help train staff for new prison in western Georgia
Publishing date: 1 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Policing
TBILISI, 1 September 2005- The OSCE Mission in Georgia tomorrow begins a training course to assist the country's Ministry of Justice in establishing professional standards of penitentiary management in a new prison in Kutaisi...
OSCE Chairman welcomes conclusion of Albanian election process
Publishing date: 1 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 1 September 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office today welcomed the conclusion of the election process in Albania, which was marked by the declaration of final results by the Albanian Central Election Commission on 1 Sept...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes road safety for children
Publishing date: 31 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing
SKOPJE, 31 Aug 2005- Thirty-four traffic police officers today completed training on teaching road safety to children as part of the Children's Road Safety component of the "Road Safety for All" project.
Women politicians and NGO representatives briefed on OSCE Mission's gender equality work
Publishing date: 31 August 2005
BELGRADE, 31 August 2005- A group of 16 women politicians and NGO representatives from different ethnic and religious groups in Iraq visited the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro yesterday to learn about mechanisms for institutionalizing gender...
OSCE Mission regrets amendments to Broadcasting Law
Publishing date: 31 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 31 August 2005- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today expressed its regret at the Government's introduction and the Parliament's adoption of amendments to the Broadcasting Law...
OSCE Mission condemns murder of senior police official
Publishing date: 31 August 2005
BELGRADE, 31 August 2005-- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro strongly condemns the murder of the Head of the General Criminal Division of the Montenegrin police, Slavoljub Scekic, in Podgorica.
OSCE Office presents publication on environmental legislation in Armenia
Publishing date: 31 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 31 August 2005- The OSCE Office in Yerevan and the NGO Environmental Public Advocacy Centre (EPAC) yesterday presented a publication on the existing Armenian environmental legislation.
OSCE election support team arrives in Afghanistan
Publishing date: 30 August 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 30 August 2005- The OSCE has sent an election support team to Afghanistan, which is an OSCE Partner for Co-operation, to assist with parliamentary and provincial elections...
OSCE Mission to Skopje praises completion of border handover
Publishing date: 30 August 2005
Skopje, 30 August 2005- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje today praised the Ministries of Defense and Interior on the successful transfer of border control from the military to the border police.