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Afghan Foreign Minister seeks OSCE support

Publishing date: 4 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Asian Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
VIENNA, 4 December 2003- Afghan Foreign Minister Dr Abdullah Abdullah thanked the OSCE on Thursday for granting his country the status of Partner for Co-operation and asked for the Organization's support as Afghanistan seeks to build security and...

OSCE media freedom representative asks for release of Azeri journalist from prison

Publishing date: 4 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 4 December 2003- A leading European media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has requested Azeri authorities to release a journalist from prison. In a letter he sent to Foreign Minister Vilayat Guliyev...

OSCE Presence and SEED organize seminars for youth in Albania

Publishing date: 3 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Youth
TIRANA, 3 December 2003- Seminars that will help develop entrepreneurial thinking, encourage further education and develop respect for legal business practices will be held in Albania in December. They are being organized by...

OSCE and UNHCR support regional refugee return process

Publishing date: 28 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
BELGRADE, 28 November 2003- The Heads of the OSCE Missions and the Representatives of the UNHCR in Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia met today in Belgrade to review the framework of the enhanced regional co-operation on...

OSCE, Council of Europe publish report on Montenegrin trafficking case

Publishing date: 27 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
VIENNA, 27 November 2003- A report of independent experts appointed by the OSCE and the Council of Europe to examine a recent human trafficking case in Montenegro involving a Moldovan citizen is now available on the OSCE public website, along with a...

OSCE and RSF urge decriminalization of libel

Publishing date: 25 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
PARIS, 25 November 2003- Criminal libel and insult laws have become a major impediment to press freedom in many OSCE states, warned the Organization's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, and Reporters sans frontieres. "Such...

OSCE Mission welcomes Croatian opposition leader's call for refugee return

Publishing date: 14 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 14 November 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, welcomed on Friday a statement by the leader of the main Croatian opposition party inviting all Serb refugees to return to Croatia...