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OSCE roundtable in Albania agrees to draft national strategy for Roma

Publishing date: 4 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
TIRANA, 4 February 2003- Plans to draft a national strategy aimed at improved living conditions for the Roma minority community in Albania were agreed yesterday at an OSCE-financed roundtable. According to the memorandum of understanding between...

OSCE Office assists the election process in Armenia

Publishing date: 3 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Elections
YEREVAN, 3 February 2003- The OSCE Office in Yerevan is arranging for transparent ballot boxes to be provided to Armenia for use during the coming presidential and parliamentary polls, on 19 February and 25 May respectively...

OSCE to present report on activities in Albania

Publishing date: 3 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization
TIRANA, 3 February 2003- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Osmo Lipponen, will hold a press conference tomorrow, 4 February, to present the outlines of the current OSCE activities in Albania. The report is Ambassador Lipponen's...

Dutch OSCE Chairmanship to honour 10 years of High Commissioner on National Minorities

Publishing date: 30 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 30 January 2003- The Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The Special Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Ambassador Daan Everts, will give a...

OSCE Chairmanship names Head of OSCE Office in Minsk

Publishing date: 30 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 30 January 2003- The Dutch Chairmanship of the OSCE today announced the appointment of Ambassador Eberhard Heyken of Germany as Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk. Ambassador Heyken, an experienced diplomat whose most recent appointments...

OSCE States will fund long-term scheme to destroy surplus weapons and explosives in Georgia

Publishing date: 30 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
TBILISI, 30 January 2003-- An agreement was signed today between the Georgian authorities and the OSCE, establishing a project to eliminate or recycle vast munitions dumps, which are a threat to the safety, ecology and security of the country.

OSCE Mission welcomes adoption of constitution in Serbian and Montenegrin parliaments

Publishing date: 30 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization
BELGRADE, 29 January 2003-- Ambassador Maurizio Massari, Head of the OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), today welcomed the adoption of the Constitutional Charter in the Serbian and Montenegrin parliaments...

OSCE meeting supports parliamentary initiatives in SE Europe

Publishing date: 28 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TIRANA, 28 January 2003- A two-day meeting of parliamentary experts from OSCE institutions and south-east European missions has just ended in agreement to boost support for projects aimed at tackling regional issues such as organized crime...

OSCE calls for immediate review of trial of Kazakh journalist Duvanov

Publishing date: 28 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
WARSAW/VIENNA, 28 January 2003- The two OSCE institutions dealing with human rights and media freedom today expressed their concern about the trial of Kazakh journalist and human rights defender Sergei Duvanov and called for an immediate review...

OSCE's human rights office expresses concern over early date set for Kyrgyz constitutional referendum

Publishing date: 24 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 24 January 2003- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is concerned that the constitutional referendum in Kyrgyzstan, scheduled to take place on 2 February, may be premature...