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OSCE Centre supports training of community mediators in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
An OSCE-supported training course on mediation skills for active residents and community leaders from five communities in northern Kyrgyzstan started 9 July 2011 in the Kashka-Suu resort near Bishkek...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 8 July 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 8 July. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator conducts seminars on international human rights law in Ukraine
Publishing date: 8 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
A series of seminars for judges and lawyers on international human rights law in several regions of Ukraine, supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), started on 7 July 2011 in Lutsk...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports study visit to Serbia on mechanisms to help trafficking victims
Publishing date: 7 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 7 July 2011 – Ten representatives from Ukrainian governmental and non-governmental agencies learned about Serbia’s experience with implementing a national referral mechanism to help human trafficking victims through an OSCE- supported study trip to the country that concluded today...
OSCE signs contract extension to remove remainder of toxic rocket fuel component from Ukraine
Publishing date: 15 June 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Arms control, Environmental activities
OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Omelianchuk on 15 June 2011 signed a contract extension with a Russian consortium for the safe disposal of 9,500 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component stored in Ukraine...
Co-regulation mechanisms in broadcasting sphere focus of OSCE-supported conference in Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 June 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
KYIV, 14 June 2011 – Models for co-regulating broadcasting in view of the transition from analogue to digital were discussed at a conference held by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) and the country’s National Council on TV and Radio Broadcasting in Kyiv today...
Mechanisms to assist victims of human trafficking in Ukraine focus of OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 2 June 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 2 June 2011 – The role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in providing assistance to trafficked persons was the topic of an OSCE conference that started in Kyiv today...