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Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova discusses freedom of movement with Transdniestrian leader
Publishing date: 21 March 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TIRASPOL, 21 March 2013- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, met today in Tiraspol with Transdniestrian leader Evgeny Shevchuk and chief negotiator Nina Shtanski to discuss issues related to the 5+2 negotiations, including education and freedom of movement between both banks of the Dniester/Nistru river. The situation in the Security Zone was also discussed...
OSCE removes latest batch of toxic rocket fuel component from Ukraine
Publishing date: 20 March 2013
A train carrying 376 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, which had been stored in deteriorating containers at a site in Shevchenkove, left Ukraine on 20 March 2013 for safe disposal as part of a project supported by the OSCE...
OSCE Centre promotes cybercrime investigation techniques in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 March 2013
ASTANA, 12 March 2013- A four-day training session for representatives of the Financial Police, the Financial Police Academy, the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Finance Ministry’s Committee on Financial Monitoring, the non-governmental Association on Countering the Laundering of Illegal Assets, central and commercial banks, police and other legal officials began in Koshchi near Astana today...
OSCE/ODIHR supports dialogue on promoting women’s participation in politics in Ukraine
Publishing date: 6 March 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Gender equality
Measures to promote women’s political participation in Ukraine were highlighted at a discussion in the Ukrainian capital organized by the Kyiv Dialogue Forum and supported by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 5 and 6 March 2013...
OSCE Chair stresses need for positive developments in human dimension of OSCE
Publishing date: 27 February 2013
Content type: Press release
WARSAW, 27 February 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, discussed Ukraine’s priorities in the areas of human rights, democracy and the rule of law during a meeting today with Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
The OSCE Chair acknowledges a vital role of the OSCE PA in promoting the Organization’s values, norms and commitments, his Special Envoy says
Publishing date: 22 February 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 21 February 2013 – The OSCE Chair’s Special Envoy Vyacheslav Yatsiuk addressed today the participants of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 12th Winter Meeting on behalf of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara...
OSCE Special Representative, at 5+2 Transdniestrian settlement talks, highlights need to maintain momentum
Publishing date: 19 February 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LVIV, Ukraine, 19 February 2013- The OSCE Chairperson's Special Representative for conflicts, Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, urged the sides to maintain momentum in the Transdniestrian settlement process in talks that concluded today in the Ukrainian city of Lviv...