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Press releases relating to the 2010 crisis in Kyrgyzstan
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports workshop for Kyrgyz journalists on covering the referendum
BISHKEK, 22 June 2010 - A workshop for journalists on covering the scheduled 27 June constitutional referendum was held today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities urges OSCE States to assist Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, calls for independent commission to investigate
VIENNA, 17 June 2010 - Urgent support is needed to help stabilize the situation in Kyrgyzstan and assist neighbouring Uzbekistan to take care of tens of thousands of refugees, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek said today...
OSCE, UN, EU Special Envoys say national unity and restoring security are key in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, 16 June 2010 - Wrapping up a visit to assess the situation in Kyrgyzstan, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office's Special Envoy Zhanybek Karibzhanov reiterated today that restoring security, peace and rule of law were crucial in Kyrgyzstan...
Preventing escalation of violence and helping people on the ground key to international actors' efforts in Kyrgyzstan, says OSCE Special Envoy
BISHKEK, 15 June 2010 - Stopping the violence, helping to alleviate the humanitarian situation are priorities for the international community's work in Kyrgyzstan, said Zhanybek Karibzhanov, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office today...
OSCE States call for restoration of peace in Kyrgyzstan, stand ready to step up assistance
VIENNA, 15 June 2010 - The 56 OSCE participating States called for the rapid restoration of peace, public safety and the rule of law in Kyrgyzstan and offered to build on assistance to resolve the crisis in a statement adopted today...
OSCE holds emergency consultations on Kyrgyzstan, sends special envoy
ASTANA, 12 June 2010 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, today held telephone consultations with the Head of Kyrgyzstan's Provisional Government Roza Otunabyeva...
OSCE Chairperson regrets violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, calls for calm and stability
ASTANA, 11 June 2010 - The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, today expressed his deep regret at the violent clashes in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh...
OSCE Centre supports development of strategy for inter-ethnic conflict prevention in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, 28 May 2010 - The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports prevention of inter-ethnic conflict in Kyrgyzstan by organizing two roundtable meetings on inter-ethnic relations, the first of which will be held tomorrow in Osh...