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OSCE Chairman expresses consternation at Ukraine's decision to return Uzbek asylum seekers
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights
BRUSSELS, 17 February 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht has expressed his consternation at the decision taken by the Ukrainian authorities to extradite 11 Uzbek asylum seekers back to Uzbekistan. "This forcible repatriation...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office encouraged by agreement on gas supplies between Russia and Ukraine
Publishing date: 4 January 2006
BRUSSELS, 4 January 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, said today he was pleased an agreement had been found between the Russian Federation and Ukraine over the future supply of gas...
OSCE Belgian Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht calls for "predictable, reliable and economically acceptable energy supply"
Publishing date: 2 January 2006
BRUSSELS, 2 January 2006- The Belgian Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, is concerned about the lack of agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine regarding the conditions under which gas will be supplied in the future...
OSCE project in Ukraine helps military officers acquire new skills to find jobs
Publishing date: 15 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KYIV, 15 December 2005- Sixty Ukrainian military officers graduated today in the city of Khmelnytskyi after completing OSCE courses, designed to help them develop new professional skills. "As part of the ongoing reform of the country's Armed Forces...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator presents assessment of Ukrainian adoption mechanism
Publishing date: 12 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights
KYIV, 12 December 2005- Strengthening Ukraine's adoption system was the focus of a seminar today in Kyiv, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator and the Ukrainian Family, Youth and Sports Ministry, at which the findings of an assessment were...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator hosts international rule of law conference in Ukraine
Publishing date: 7 December 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
KYIV, 7 December 2005- Strengthening the rule of law in national legislative, executive, and judicial affairs was the focus of a recent international conference hosted by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE helps implement Dniester river basin project
Publishing date: 1 December 2005
ODESA, Ukraine, 1 December 2005- A meeting of national working groups in Odesa today marks the end of a project aimed at enhancing regional co-operation between Ukraine and Moldova on integrated water resources management in the Dniester river basin...