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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
UNHCR urges OSCE states to distinguish between human trafficking and smuggling
Publishing date: 8 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 8 April 2003- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Ruud Lubbers urged the OSCE's 55 participating States on Tuesday to recognise the distinction between human trafficking and smuggling and said many refugees and asylum...
OSCE CiO urges all parties to keep momentum in solving Transdniestrian issue
Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 3 April 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, urged President Vladimir Voronin and Foreign Minister Nicolae Dudau of Moldova and the Transdniestrian leader Igor Smirnov to keep the...
OSCE/ODIHR: In times of conflict, respect for human rights and humanitarian law must be top priority
Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
GENEVA, 3 April 2003- ODIHR Director Amb. Christian Strohal today underlined in a statement to the UN Human Rights Commission that respect for human rights and humanitarian law must be a top priority, particularly in times of armed conflict. "In
OSCE Mission in Belgrade holds co-ordination meeting on combating organized crime
Publishing date: 3 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Policing
BELGRADE, 3 April 2003- The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro today brought together the donor community and the Serbian Justice and Interior Ministries on the issue of co-ordinating the fight against organized crime. The informal meeting...
OSCE's Skopje Mission co-hosts international workshop on travel documentation
Publishing date: 1 April 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 1 April 2003- A three-day workshop in Ohrid will look at ways to control and identify fraudulent and counterfeit travel documentation, as well as the use of legal travel documents for illegal purposes, such as trafficking in human...
OSCE Mission Head welcomes Serbian government's efforts to remove illegally held weapons
Publishing date: 28 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 27 March 2003- Ambassador Maurizio Massari, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro, today welcomed the decree of the Serbian authorities, aimed at removing illegally held weapons from society. This decree, which came...
UN ODC Director stresses "power of partnership" with OSCE
Publishing date: 26 March 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 26 March 2003- Speaking at a special session of the OSCE Permanent Council, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (ODC), Antonio Maria Costa, described both organizations as "logical partners"...