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OSCE media freedom watchdog asks the US to abolish 'book embargo'

Publishing date: 30 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 September 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has asked the USA to abolish regulations that require publishers and authors to seek a licence from the Treasury Department to publish literature from Cuba, Iran and Sudan in...

Head of OSCE Election Support Team upbeat about support from authorities in Afghanistan

Publishing date: 24 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Asian Partners for Co-operation, Partners for Co-operation
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 24 September 2004- Ambassador Robert Barry of the United States, head of the OSCE Election Support Team for next month's presidential elections in Afghanistan, expressed optimism about the team's role as he prepared to fly to Kabul at the...

Skopje meeting agrees on priorities for Environment and Security Initiative in south-eastern Europe

Publishing date: 24 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Mission to Serbia, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
SKOPJE, 24 September 2004- Specialists from international organizations and governments in south-eastern Europe ended a two-day meeting on possible risks to security from environmental issues by agreeing to focus on specific problems which transcend...

OSCE Chairman welcomes improved co-ordination in fight against global terrorism

Publishing date: 24 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
NEW YORK, 24 September 2004- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Solomon Passy welcomed the increasingly successful efforts of the international community, led by the United Nations, to co-ordinate its response to global terrorism. Addressing the 59th...

OSCE Centre launches information campaign for residents around the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site

Publishing date: 21 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 21 September 2004- A series of lectures on radiological safety for people living in villages and camps near the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in northern Kazakhstan is being held by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and the National Forum on...

OSCE media freedom representative refutes allegations by German media group WAZ

Publishing date: 21 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Media self-regulation, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 21 September 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, refuted allegations by Germany's WAZ media group that he had taken any position in the dispute between WAZ and the journalists from the Romanian newspaper...

OSCE Media Representative issues report on media coverage of the Beslan tragedy

Publishing date: 16 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 16 September 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, presented today to the Permanent Council a report on how the Russian media covered the terrorist attacks in Beslan, North Ossetia. Based on research performed...