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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 Mission Head presented six-month report on Croatia to media

Publishing date: 27 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 27 May 2002- Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, presented the outlines of the latest OSCE report on Croatia to the media. In a press conference in Zagreb on 24 May, Ambassador Semneby welcomed...

Freimut Duve: Free media non-existent in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 30 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 April 2002- In light of the several cases of media harassment recently reported in Turkmenistan, OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, said the country lacks any freedom of expression. In a letter...

First meeting of Croatian and Bosnian-Serb representatives along Sava river since war

Publishing date: 20 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
SLAVONSKI BROD, 20 February 2002- For the first time since the end of the conflict of 1991 to 1995, county level officials from former warring municipalities of Croatia and the Bosnia and Herzegovina entity of Republika Srpska are meeting in Croatia...

Round table on state registration of legal entities held in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 19 December 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 19 December 2001- A one-day round table to discuss the state registration of legal entities was co-organized by the OSCE in Tajikistan...

Ambassador Poncet says farewell to Croatia

Publishing date: 14 December 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 14 December, 2001-- Ambassador Bernard Poncet will leave Croatia this weekend after two and a half years as head of the OSCE Mission to return to the French foreign ministry...

International conference on countering terrorism to take place in Kyrgyzstan on 13 and 14 December

Publishing date: 29 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 29 November 2001-- Highlighting the importance of the comprehensiveness of efforts to prevent and counter terrorism will be on top of the agenda of an international conference co-organized by the Organization for Security and...