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ODIHR Director meets Foreign Minister in Kyiv to discuss priorities for 2013 Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship
Publishing date: 5 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
KYIV, 5 July 2012 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), met Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko today in Kyiv to discuss preparations ahead of Ukraine’s OSCE Chairmanship in 2013...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator trains Ukrainian civil society organizations on public reporting
Publishing date: 2 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Education
DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine, 2 July 2012 – Report-writing skills are the focus of a series of regional training seminars for representatives of Ukraine’s non-governmental sector that started today in Dnipropetrovsk with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister outlines country’s agenda for 2013 OSCE Chairmanship
Publishing date: 20 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 20 June 2012 – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, outlining in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today the main tasks on Ukraine’s agenda for its 2013 Chairmanship, stressed the country’s commitment to strengthening the OSCE...
High-level officials discuss OSCE politico-military Code of Conduct at seminar in Latvia
Publishing date: 18 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
RIGA, 18 June 2012- A regional seminar for high-ranking officials from the Baltic Sea area on the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security started in Riga today...
Human rights panel to focus on Ukraine ahead of 2013 OSCE Chairmanship
Publishing date: 15 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 15 June 2012 – With former political leaders and human rights defenders imprisoned in several countries, a committee of parliamentarians from 55 nations is now considering a resolution that would demand all political prisoners be released and call for countries leading the OSCE to “set the standard” on human rights...
Fifth staff course for senior border officials from 12 states starts at OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 4 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 4 June 2012 – Twenty-five senior border officials from OSCE participating States and Partner for Co-operation countries started a one-month course on border security and management at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) today...
OSCE removes toxic rocket fuel component in Ukraine ahead of European football championship
Publishing date: 1 June 2012
Content type: Press release
What we do: Arms control
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 1 June 2012- The third shipment of 715 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, stored in deteriorating containers in eastern Ukraine, was safely loaded onto 14 railways tanks for disposal today as part of an OSCE-supported project...