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Witnessing greatest refugee crisis in decades, OSCE parliamentarians call for increased burden-sharing
Publishing date: 22 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 22 June 2015 – The migrant crisis in the Mediterranean is a challenge not just for the countries of that region but for the whole of Europe, concluded the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), at the close of her four-day visit to Rome, Lampedusa, Catania and Mineo on Sunday...
OSCE PA humanitarian Chair marks World Refugee Day in Lampedusa
Publishing date: 22 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
LAMPEDUSA, Italy, 20 June 2015 – The Chairperson of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), is in Lampedusa, Italy today, where she is meeting with migrants, refugees and officials at the Lampedusa First Aid and Reception Center, as well as with representatives of NGOs working to help alleviate the human crisis in the Mediterranean...
OSCE and Tajikistan outline priorities for co-operation in 2016
Publishing date: 16 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
DUSHANBE, 16 June 2015 – The annual forum of the OSCE–Tajikistan Task Force took place today in Dushanbe, where high-ranking officials from the OSCE and the Tajik government as well as representatives of civil society highlighted their recent major achievements and identified priorities for national and regional co-operation in 2016...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports establishment of automated information system for registering corruption-related crimes
Publishing date: 10 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Good governance
BISHKEK, 10 June 2015- OSCE Centre in Bishkek helped the General Prosecutor’s Office of Kyrgyzstan to launch an internal automated internet-based information system as part of efforts to tackle corruption...
OSCE supports Belarus and Ukraine in assessing environmental risks to facilitate safe border demarcation in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Publishing date: 9 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
KYIV, 9 June 2015 – The concluding meeting of the project “Assessment of Environmental Risks in the Exclusion Zone along the Ukrainian and Belarusian Borders” was organized by the OCEEA on 9 June in Kyiv...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports public relations training for Interior Ministry spokespersons and advisors
Publishing date: 5 June 2015
A Train-the-trainers course supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje for ten public relations advisors and regional police spokespersons from the Interior Ministry will be held in Skopje on 5 and 6 June 2015...
OSCE Mission supports improved social protection through establishment of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Social Workers Union
Publishing date: 20 May 2015
As part of its effort to improve social protection, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina organized on 20 May 2015 in Sarajevo a meeting to establish the Union of Associations of Social Workers in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH)...