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OSCE Mission helps to increase public confidence in war crimes processing in BiH
Publishing date: 1 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 1 December 2011 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in partnership with the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the BiH Prosecutor’s Office, completed in Sarajevo today a series of seven roundtable discussions on war crimes processing...
OSCE Special Representative on Gender Issues encourages states to combat gender-based violence
Publishing date: 1 December 2011
Wendy Patten, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, in her report to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 1 December 2011 stressed a need for effective implementation of legislation to combat domestic and other gender-based violence...
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement
Publishing date: 30 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 30 November 2011- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, released the following statement today:
OSCE Chairperson welcomes participants of renewed official 5+2 talks on Transdniestrian settlement in Vilnius
Publishing date: 30 November 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed the participants of the renewed official 5+2 negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement which started in Vilnius on 30 November 2011...
OSCE Centre supports training for customs officers on international trade facilitation standards
Publishing date: 30 November 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
An OSCE-facilitated three-day regional training workshop for customs officers on implementing the World Customs Organization’s Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme concluded in Astana on 30 November. The AEO programme aims to facilitate and simplify customs processes and procedures, as well as to encourage public-private partnerships.
OSCE Centre promotes dialogue on freedom of religion or belief
Publishing date: 30 November 2011
BISHKEK, 30 November 2011 – A roundtable discussion today organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Commission on Religious Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic gathered state officials, religious leaders and civil society representatives to discuss co-operation to promote freedom of religion or belief in law and practice...
OSCE Office supports discussion on draft law on alternative and renewable energy sources in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 30 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
BAKU, 1 December 2011 – A roundtable discussion on the draft law on alternative and renewable energy sources in Azerbaijan for policymakers starts today in Baku. The event is organized by the OSCE Office in Baku and the State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources, in co-ordination with the Energy Reform Support Programme of the European Union in Azerbaijan...