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OSCE Personal Representative urges participating States to take hate crimes against Muslims seriously
ASTANA, 22 February 2012 - In view of the Oslo massacre last summer and the spate of neo-Nazi serial killings in Germany, the OSCE Chairperson’s Personal Representative on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims Ambassador Adil Akhmetov expressed concerns over the feeling of insecurity among Muslim communities across the OSCE region...
OSCE and UNECE launch a handbook of best practices at border crossings
The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the Transport Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) presented in Vienna on 22 February, 2012 a jointly produced handbook on border crossing policies...
OSCE and Tajikistan outline priorities for co-operation in 2013
DUSHANBE, 22 February 2012 – High-ranking officials from the OSCE and the Tajik government, as well as representatives of civil society met today in Dushanbe at an annual forum to identify priorities for national and regional co-operation in 2013...
20th IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti
ERGNETI, 21 February 2012 - The 20th meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti today. The event was co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission and the OSCE...
OSCE Secretary General meets UN Secretary-General and Afghanistan’s Counter Narcotics Minister in Vienna
VIENNA, 16 February 2012 – The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, met today in Vienna with the UN Secretary-General, Afghanistan’s Minister of Counter Narcotics and other high-level officials to discuss the importance of improving co-operation and co-ordination between the OSCE, UN and other international actors in combating trafficking of opium and heroin originating in Afghanistan...
Europe’s Roma at risk from austerity measures, OSCE Roma adviser tells US Helsinki Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C., 15 February 2012 – The persisting financial crisis significantly worsens prospects for integrating Europe’s Roma and Sinti populations and combating intolerance and violence targeting this minority in many countries, the head of the OSCE Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues, Andrzej Mirga, told the United States Helsinki Commission today...
OSCE media representative urges European Parliament to reassess ACTA to safeguard freedom of expression
VIENNA, 14 February 2012 – In a letter to the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, today, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović urged the Parliament to safeguard free expression when discussing the draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)...
Strengthening co-operation between regional organizations, support to Afghanistan focus of OSCE meeting in Thailand
CHIANG MAI, Thailand, 13 February 2012 – Building synergies between regional organizations and further engagement with OSCE partner countries to tackle shared security threats, including those emanating from Afghanistan, is the focus of a two-day OSCE conference that opened today in Chiang Mai...
OSCE Chairperson, addressing UN Security Council, urges co-operation on transnational threats, good governance
NEW YORK, 9 February 2012 – Tackling transnational threats and fighting corruption are key areas for OSCE and UN co-operation, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, today at the UN Security Council in New York...