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OSCE Chairperson marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, emphasizes importance of tolerance education
VILNIUS, 27 January 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day today with a call for OSCE participating States to further intensify efforts to combat anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance and promote remembrance and education... ()
New OSCE Chairperson emphasizes human rights during meetings with heads of OSCE institutions, field operations
VIENNA, 14 January 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, stressed Lithuanian Chairmanship’s commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms in meetings with heads of OSCE institutions and field missions during a visit to Vienna which concluded today... ()
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports reintegration of repatriated persons
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 12 January 2011 – A new booklet presented by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo today informs about mechanisms at the central and local level to support for repatriated persons in Kosovo...
Violence against women is one of the most severe violations of human rights in Serbia, says OSCE Mission Head
BELGRADE, 10 December 2010 - The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, supports the international campaign "16 Days of Activism to Prevent Violence against Women" concluding today and welcomes actions to eradicate the vice... ()
OSCE Centre in Astana raises awareness of disabilities as human rights issue
ASTANA, 25 June 2010 - The rights of persons with disabilities were in focus during a workshop conducted today by the OSCE Centre in Astana in co-operation with Kazakhstan's...
OSCE human rights office, Hungarian authorities to co-operate in combating hate crimes against Roma
BUDAPEST, 23 November 2010 - Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today said his Office would work with Hungary's authorities to combat hate crimes against Roma...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina supports fight against prejudice and intolerance
SARAJEVO, 19 November 2010 - The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Gary D. Robbins, today commended the institutions, organizations and citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina who have taken part in events...
Education officials stress need to combat anti-Semitism in schools at OSCE/ODIHR meeting
VIENNA, 8 November 2010 - Schools across the OSCE region must step up efforts to combat anti-Semitism through education, said participants in an OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) meeting for education ministry...
Education ministry officials to discuss combating anti-Semitism through education at OSCE/ODIHR meeting in Vienna
VIENNA, 4 November 2010 - Education ministry officials and OSCE region's experts will meet on Monday to discuss how to best combat anti-Semitism through education at a meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
OSCE event participants say Paris Charter for New Europe relevant after 20 years, important for security community creation
PARIS, 28 October 2010 - Participants in a high-level event marking the 20th anniversary of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe today stressed the importance of the document for the future of Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security.