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Kyrgyzstan’s Special Forces participate in OSCE-supported military incursion and hostage-taking exercise
Publishing date: 19 July 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
An OSCE-supported anti-terrorism military exercise to simulate how Kyrgyzstan’s government would respond to a possible cross-border incursion and hostage situation took place in the country’s Chon-Alay district, Osh province on 19 July 2013...
Kyrgyzstan’s plans to open second Aarhus Centre discussed at OSCE-supported meeting in Bishkek
Publishing date: 19 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 19 July 2013 – The planned opening of Kyrgyzstan’s second Aarhus Centre and details to its future activities were discussed at an OSCE-supported roundtable meeting in Bishkek today...
OSCE human rights chief calls on Czech authorities to address segregation and social exclusion to help prevent anti-Roma incidents
Publishing date: 18 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 18 July 2013 Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), expressed concern today over recent extremist demonstrations and attempted attacks on Roma residents in České Budějovice and Duchcov in the Czech Republic...
Human Rights Chair concerned about verdict in Navalny case
Publishing date: 18 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 18 July 2013-- Isabel Santos (Portugal), chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, today released the following statement regarding a Russian court's verdict in the case of Alexey Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov:
Nearly 1,300 bombs and 19 missiles destroyed as part of large-scale OSCE Soviet-era ammunition demolition project in Georgia
Publishing date: 18 July 2013
The explosion of a cluster bomb on 12 July 2013 at a demolition range in Georgia marked the end of a two-year project by the OSCE and the United Nations Development Programme to help the country destroy 1,289 pieces of aircraft ammunition and 19 missiles...
Secretary-General of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation addresses OSCE
Publishing date: 18 July 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: Permanent Council
The Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Dmitry Mezentsev, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 18 July 2013...
Ambassador Florian Raunig of Austria appointed new Head of OSCE Presence in Albania, starts duties in October
Publishing date: 17 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania