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OSCE/ODIHR supports drafting of regulations for state-wide population register in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 6 December 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization
A roundtable discussion on developing a regulatory framework for a state population register was held by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and its partners in Bishkek on 6 December 2012...
Ambassador Peter Burkhard takes up duties as Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia
Publishing date: 6 December 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 6 December 2012 – Swiss career diplomat Ambassador Peter Burkhard assumed his duties as Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia today...
Dublin OSCE Ministerial Council opens with calls to strengthen work on security community, including on human rights
Publishing date: 6 December 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Summits / Ministerial Councils, OSCE Secretary General
DUBLIN, 6 December 2012 – Foreign ministers and top officials from the 57 OSCE participating States heard calls for further efforts to create a security community based on shared values at the opening of the 19th OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin today...
Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries
Publishing date: 6 December 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DUBLIN, 6 December 2012- Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, Secretary of State of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Minister Delegate for European Affairs of France Bernard Cazeneuve issued the following statement today...
OSCE Mission to Serbia supports Interior Ministry’s efforts to develop police training system
Publishing date: 5 December 2012
The last of four workshops aimed at improving the Serbian Interior Ministry’s police training system was held in Belgrade on 5 December 2012. Organized throughout November and early December, the workshops were supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia...
OSCE Mission, Union of Municipalities hold training for local civil servants on ethics commissions
Publishing date: 5 December 2012
The members of ethics commissions established in seven municipalities throughout Montenegro were in Podgorica on 3 December 2012 for training on their role and powers, as well as on how to handle complaints, including from citizens who wish to remain anonymous...
OSCE foreign ministers to discuss security challenges in Dublin
Publishing date: 5 December 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
DUBLIN, 5 December 2012 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore today welcomed foreign ministers from the 57 OSCE participating States and 11 partner countries arriving in Dublin for the 19th OSCE Ministerial Council which begins tomorrow...