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OSCE Presence, United Kingdom urge for increased support to people with disabilities in Albania
TIRANA, 7 April 2011 – Promoting the rights of disabled people by strengthening the capacities of the Albanian National Council of People with Disabilities (ANCPD) and relevant civil society organizations was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized today in Tirana by the OSCE Presence and the British Council Albania... ()
OSCE Mission to Moldova promotes environmental co-operation across the Dniestr/Nistru River
VADUL LUI VODA, Moldova, 29 March 2011 – Members of Moldovan and Transdniestrian expert working groups on agriculture and ecology and representatives from non-governmental organizations from both banks of the River Dniestr/Nistru discussed environmental co-operation during a meeting held today by the OSCE Mission to Moldova... ()
Participants at OSCE meeting call for more decisive steps to confront anti-Semitism in public discourse
PRAGUE, 23 March 2011 – Participants at an OSCE meeting in Prague on confronting anti-Semitism in public discourse today called for more decisive steps to counter expressions of intolerance and hatred while preserving the freedom of speech...
OSCE meeting in Prague to discuss ways to confront anti-Semitism in public discourse
PRAGUE, 22 March 2011 – Journalists, politicians, experts and representatives of the OSCE’s 56 participating States are gathering in Prague later this week for a two-day meeting to discuss ways to confront anti-Semitism in the media and public discourse...
OSCE/ODIHR, Council of Europe and EU Fundamental Rights Agency make joint statement on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
STRASBOURG, VIENNA, WARSAW, 21 March 2011 – In a joint statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Nils Muiznieks, Chair of the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance; Morten Kjaerum, Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights; and Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, strongly condemned manifestations of racism and related intolerance...
OSCE, U.S. and EU urge Albanian authorities to investigate removal of Roma families, provide social assistance to displaced
TIRANA, 16 March 2011 – Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Alexander Arvizu, the U.S. Ambassador to Albania, Ambassador Ettore Sequi, the Head of the EU Delegation to Albania, made the following statement today concerning recent incidents involving Roma families... ()
U.S. Special Representatives on Anti-Semitism, Muslim communities address OSCE Permanent Council, call for combatting intolerance
VIENNA, 17 February 2011 – The U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, Hannah Rosenthal, and the U.S. Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandith, addressing the OSCE Permanent Council today, said that more needs to be done by OSCE and other stakeholders in respecting fundamental freedoms and combatting all forms of intolerance...
US officials on anti-Semitism, Muslim communities to address OSCE on Thursday
VIENNA, 15 February 2011 – The U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, Hannah Rosenthal, and the U.S. Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandith, will give speeches to the OSCE Permanent Council on Thursday...
OSCE Chairperson meets Russian human rights officials, civil society and think tanks, stresses need to improve implementation of human dimension commitments
MOSCOW, 3 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, stressed the need to improve the implementation of human rights commitments during meetings today in Moscow with the Chairperson of the Human Rights Council of the Russian Federation, as well as with representatives of think tanks and civil society... ()
OSCE Chairperson discusses 2011 priorities in Moscow, says constructive engagement of Russia essential to Organization
MOSCOW, 2 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis met with Russian high-level politicians and officials in Moscow today to outline the priorities of the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship and to discuss the Organization’s activities in 2011... ()