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Secretary General of GUAM addresses OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 17 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 17 May 2012- Ambassador Valeri Chechelashvili, the Secretary General of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM), outlined the current priorities of his organization in an address to the OSCE Permanent Council...
OSCE Mission to Moldova promotes best practices in peacekeeping
Publishing date: 16 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The OSCE Mission to Moldova hosted a seminar in Bender on peacekeeping operations on 15 May 2012...
OSCE/ODIHR presents electoral recommendations in Finland
Publishing date: 16 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented, from 14 to 16 May 2012 in Helsinki, the final report of the Election Assessment Mission to the 17 April 2011 parliamentary elections in Finland...
OSCE Gender Adviser, in Kazakhstan, says women’s rights essential for lasting security
Publishing date: 16 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
ASTANA, 16 May 2012- Miroslava Beham, OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, started today her visit to Kazakhstan during which she will discuss gender issues and exchange experiences with Kazakhstani officials, civil society, academics and journalists...
More women leaders and stronger political commitment needed to combat human trafficking, say participants at ODIHR event
Publishing date: 15 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
The need for more women leaders and a stronger political commitment by states to combat trafficking in human beings was highlighted at an OSCE event “Political leadership: Who can speak for the victims of trafficking?”, held on 15 May 2012...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator produces information cards for foreigners entering Ukraine to help stop human trafficking and exploitation
Publishing date: 15 May 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
Arrival information cards produced by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) in co-operation with the country’s Ministry of Interior and State Border Guard Service will be distributed ahead of and during the European football championship co-hosted by Ukraine and Poland in June 2012...
Rule of law vital to protecting rights of victims of human trafficking, participants at OSCE meeting say
Publishing date: 14 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
WARSAW, 14 May 2012- The rule of law needs to be strengthened in the fight against human trafficking in order to better protect victims' human rights and ensure them access to justice, participants said today at the opening of an OSCE meeting on the topic...