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OSCE Chairman condemns terrorist attack in Chechnya

Publishing date: 10 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism
ZAGREB, 10 May 2004- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy strongly condemned Sunday's terrorist attack in Chechnya, in which Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov and a number of other people were killed. He called the Grozny bomb blast "a vicious act of"...

OSCE Chairman encourages UN Security Council to seek OSCE support in Iraq, Afghanistan

Publishing date: 7 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
NEW YORK, 7 May 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy told the UN Security Council on Friday that the 55-nation security body would be willing to offer its assistance in rebuilding democratic institutions in Iraq and Afghanistan if requested...

OSCE Mission welcomes appointment of judges to Court of Serbia and Montenegro

Publishing date: 7 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BELGRADE, 7 May 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro has today welcomed the appointment of seven judges to the Court of Serbia and Montenegro. The Court is the last institution to be established in accordance with the Belgrade Agreement...

OSCE Skopje Mission Head attends border hand-over ceremony

Publishing date: 7 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Policing
SKOPJE, 7 May 2004- The Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission in Skopje, Ambassador Carlos Pais, today attended a ceremony marking the first transfer of border authority from the Defence Ministry to the Interior Ministry...

OSCE Mission signs economic, environmental development agreement with Nis municipality

Publishing date: 7 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 7 May 2004- A strategic partnership for sustainable development was sealed today by the Serbian town of Nis and the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro...

OSCE Media Representative discusses hard-hitting report on Kosovo media face-to-face with journalists

Publishing date: 6 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 6 May 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, presented his recent critical report on the media behaviour during the mid-March riots in Kosovo to TV, radio and print journalists at press conferences he gave in...

OSCE Magazine highlights Kosovo, BiH education reform and Russian role in OSCE

Publishing date: 6 May 2004
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, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 6 May 2004- The impact of recent events in Kosovo on the OSCE's work, the relationship between Russia and the Organization, and a special report on education reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina are among the highlights of the Magazine's May issue...

OSCE Mission condemns attack on TV journalists in Serbia

Publishing date: 6 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 6 May 2004- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro is concerned about the recent assaults on journalists by unknown persons outside the residence of Milorad Lukovic, the prime suspect in the assassination of Zoran Djindjic, former Serbian...

OSCE Mission to Skopje promoting involvement of women in politics

Publishing date: 6 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Gender equality
SKOPJE, 6 May 2004- The Union of Women Organizations, the unit for promotion of gender equality of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, and the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje have launched for the second time a project promoting women...

OSCE organizes environmental seminar for journalists in Armenia

Publishing date: 6 May 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
TSAKHKADZOR, 6 May 2004- The OSCE Office in Yerevan and Armenia's Public Environmental Information Centre (Aarhus Centre) organized a two-day seminar for journalists to brief them about basic environmental questions and how these can be reported...