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OSCE/ODIHR human rights and gender issues chiefs call on states to protect women and girls from genital mutilation
Publishing date: 6 February 2015
Content type: Press release
What we do: Gender equality
WARSAW/VIENNA, 6 February 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, and Ambassador Miroslava Beham, the OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, today called on countries in the OSCE region to do everything in their power to protect women and girls in their countries from female genital mutilation.
Press Statement by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs
Publishing date: 6 February 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MUNICH, 6 February 2015- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France) met with Foreign Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandian 5 February in Munich. The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, also participated in the meeting.
OSCE, British Embassy enhance security of small arms and light weapons and stockpiles of conventional ammunition in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 6 February 2015
BISHKEK, 6 February 2015 –The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Embassy of the United Kingdom today handed over 60 desktop computers to the Kyrgyz Defence Ministry for establishing a data base on small arms and light weapons (SALW) and stockpiles of conventional ammunition (CA) across the country.
Escalating threats and intimidation of female journalists online must be addressed, Mijatović says; calls on OSCE participating States for swift action
Publishing date: 6 February 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 6 February 2015 – Swift action is needed in order to deal with the growing number of attacks on female journalists online, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today as she presented a set of recommendations to address the problem.
Women need a role in conflict resolution and peace-building efforts in Ukraine, says OSCE’s Senior Gender Adviser
Publishing date: 5 February 2015
KYIV, 5 February 2015 – Enhancing the participation of women in conflict resolution and peace-building efforts is key to achieving security and stability in Ukraine, said the OSCE’s Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Ambassador Miroslava Beham, as she concluded a four-day visit to Ukraine in which she met representatives of government, international organizations and civil society...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 4 February 2014
Publishing date: 5 February 2015
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The SMM was informed by the regional police in Dnepropetrovsk of two explosions which had occurred in the city on 3 and 4 February...
New law devastating for free expression and free media on the Internet in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mijatović says
Publishing date: 5 February 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws