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OSCE Secretary General, in Moscow, discusses future agenda for OSCE, protracted conflicts, Afghanistan post-2014

Publishing date: 8 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier paid an official visit to Moscow from 6 to 8 November 2013. He met with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Deputy Minister Alexey Meshkov and other senior officials, as well as with Nikolay Bordyuzha, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

OSCE encourages discussion on human rights in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 8 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights
SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 8 November, 2013 – The last in a series of OSCE-supported roundtable discussions focused on the annual report on the state of human rights and a special report on migrants’ rights in Kazakhstan took place today in Shymkent, southern Kazakhstan.

Enhancing gender equality discussed in Moscow by OSCE senior official

Publishing date: 7 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
The Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Ambassador Miroslava Beham, is the first senior OSCE official to visit the Russian Federation to specifically discuss gender equality issues. She is paying an official visit to Moscow from 5 to 8 November 2013.

Continued efforts to address the situation of Roma and Sinti needed, say participants of OSCE meeting

Publishing date: 7 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 7 November 2013 – Governments should take steps to more effectively integrate Roma and Sinti communities, participants said today at the opening of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna, which runs until 8 November 2013...

OSCE promotes co-operation between young people and the police in Armenia

Publishing date: 7 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Policing
SOLAK, Armenia, 7 November 2013 – Schoolchildren from Solak village are learning about the work of the police at a two-day OSCE-supported event launched today in Kotayq region.

Freedom of movement, perspectives of joint commitment on non-use of force top agenda of 25th round of Geneva International Discussions

Publishing date: 6 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 6 November 2013 – Freedom of movement, perspectives for a joint commitment on non-use of force were key topics of the deliberations at the 25th meeting of the Geneva International Discussions today co-chaired by the OSCE Chair’s Special Representative for conflicts, Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia...

OSCE helps Ukrainian demining experts to learn safe clearance standards

Publishing date: 5 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
Twenty-two senior and field managers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine’s headquarters, training institutions, and 15 regional emergency departments learned about International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) and International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATG) at a workshop in Kyiv, organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from 29 to 31 October 2013...