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OSCE Secretary General visits Romania
Publishing date: 4 September 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met with leaders and officials in Bucharest on 3 and 4 September 2012 to discuss the work of the OSCE, including resolving protracted conflicts, combating transnational threats and co-operating with other international organizations...
OSCE/ODIHR promotes enhanced role for women in political parties in Moldova
Publishing date: 4 September 2012
Content type: News
What we do: Democratization
Increasing gender equality within political parties in Moldova was the focus of a roundtable discussion held in Chisinau by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Moldova on 4 September 2012...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine opens art exhibition by domestic violence victims
Publishing date: 4 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
KYIV, 4 September 2012 – Paintings by victims of domestic violence are on show at an exhibition that was opened in Kyiv today by Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned by arrest of social media activists in Belarus
Publishing date: 3 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 4 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today that she was deeply concerned by the detentions and arrests of administrators of political social media groups in Belarus, which she described as a crackdown on online dissent...
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs meet with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 3 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
PARIS, 3 September 2012- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States of America, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, met on September 2 with the Foreign Minister of Armenia, Edward Nalbandian, and on September 3 with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, to address recent events in the region and efforts to peacefully resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
Closer international co-operation needed to close gap between assets stolen and recovered, say participants at OSCE conference
Publishing date: 3 September 2012
VIENNA, 3 September 2012- The need for greater exchange of expertise and international co-operation in identifying and seizing stolen assets was highlighted by participants at a three-day OSCE seminar that started today in Vienna...
OSCE Centre in Astana head stresses OSCE support at Constitution Day conference
Publishing date: 3 September 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
The Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana, Ambassador Natalia Zarudna, attended a two-day high-level conference in Kazakhstan on “Constitution: the foundation of social and state modernization,” which was held on 30 and 31 August 2012 in Astana...