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OSCE encourages women to participate in multi-ethnic police training in Yugoslavia
BELGRADE 21 September 2001
BELGRADE, 21 September 2001 (OSCE) - The OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia welcomes the beginning of a campaign to include women in the training program for multi-ethnic police, which the OSCE and the Serb Ministry of Interior have jointly implemented since May of this year.
"The participation of female police officers is not only the next step but an entirely new phase in the multi-ethnic police training programme", said Stefano Sannino, the Head of the OSCE Mission. He added that equality between men and women was an integral part of OSCE policies and that the OSCE was committed to ensuring equal rights of men and women on a legislative, economic, political, social and cultural level.
All female candidates meeting the requirements outlined in the announcement published on 21 September in various dailies throughout Serbia are invited to send in their applications. The conditions for female participants in the 12-week Training Course are similar to those applied to male candidates. Among other things, they relate to age, citizenship, education, physical and mental fitness, as well as to the willingness to work in police stations in Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja upon completion of the training.
"The OSCE Mission wholeheartedly encourages female candidates to apply. Not only because one of the OSCE's aims is gender balance when personnel is recruited, but also because the engagement of women as police officers will by itself be another evident sign of the participation of the members of all communities in the process of restoring trust and confidence in southern Serbia", Mr. Sannino said.
The Head of Mission pointed out that the OSCE continues to believe that the active engagement of all communities and all parts of the population in the stabilization process is the best guarantee for the full reconciliation of the different communities in southern Serbia.
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For further information, contact Stella Ronner, Spokesperson, OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, tel. (+381-11) 3606-150 or (+381-11) 3672-427 (switchboard); or fax (+381-11) 3672-429.
"The participation of female police officers is not only the next step but an entirely new phase in the multi-ethnic police training programme", said Stefano Sannino, the Head of the OSCE Mission. He added that equality between men and women was an integral part of OSCE policies and that the OSCE was committed to ensuring equal rights of men and women on a legislative, economic, political, social and cultural level.
All female candidates meeting the requirements outlined in the announcement published on 21 September in various dailies throughout Serbia are invited to send in their applications. The conditions for female participants in the 12-week Training Course are similar to those applied to male candidates. Among other things, they relate to age, citizenship, education, physical and mental fitness, as well as to the willingness to work in police stations in Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja upon completion of the training.
"The OSCE Mission wholeheartedly encourages female candidates to apply. Not only because one of the OSCE's aims is gender balance when personnel is recruited, but also because the engagement of women as police officers will by itself be another evident sign of the participation of the members of all communities in the process of restoring trust and confidence in southern Serbia", Mr. Sannino said.
The Head of Mission pointed out that the OSCE continues to believe that the active engagement of all communities and all parts of the population in the stabilization process is the best guarantee for the full reconciliation of the different communities in southern Serbia.
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For further information, contact Stella Ronner, Spokesperson, OSCE Mission to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, tel. (+381-11) 3606-150 or (+381-11) 3672-427 (switchboard); or fax (+381-11) 3672-429.