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OSCE trains Tajikistan’s electoral body on election management
Publishing date: 1 June 2012
DUSHANBE, 1 June 2012 –¬ An OSCE-supported training course on electoral management for staff and commission members of Tajikistan’s Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER), including representatives from all eight registered political parties, concluded today in Dushanbe...
OSCE Secretary General meets Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 1 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
JEJU, Republic of Korea, 1 June 2012- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today met with the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Omurbek Babanov, in the margins of the Jeju Peace Forum, at which both were delivering keynote addresses...
OSCE supports workshop on cross-border gas trade in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 1 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Environmental activities
ASHAGABAT, 1 June 2012 – Energy diplomacy and key principles and concepts of cross-border gas trade were the topics of an OSCE-supported workshop that concluded in Ashgabat today...
OSCE/ODIHR promotes women’s political participation in Ukraine
Publishing date: 31 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Gender equality
Promoting women’s political participation in Ukraine ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for later this year was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized in Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on 31 May 2012, by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and partners...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organizes visits to Estonia and Netherlands on handling individual complaints
Publishing date: 31 May 2012
ASHGABAT, 31 May 2012 – Representatives of the Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan completed today an OSCE-organized visit to Estonia and the Netherlands on practices in processing individual human rights complaints and communications...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Tajikistan’s steps to decriminalize defamation, calls for remaining provisions to be abolished
Publishing date: 31 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 31 May 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today a decision by the Tajik Parliament to make libel and insult a civil tort, saying she hoped all remaining criminal provisions related to defamation would eventually be abolished...
Conflict resolution, democratization and human rights among top priorities of OSCE Mission to Moldova, says new Head
Publishing date: 31 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
Conflict resolution and promoting democratization and respect for human rights on the both banks of the Dniestr/Nistru river are top priorities of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, said the new Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush...