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OSCE Summit offers chance to renew key confidence- and security-building commitments, says Irish Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 8 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 8 September 2010- The forthcoming OSCE Summit in Astana in December offers a unique opportunity to renew key security and confidence-building commitments, including the landmark Vienna Document, said Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin today...
OSCE Mission to Serbia issues statement on the establishment of the Bosniak National Minority Council
Publishing date: 6 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 6 September 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, made the following statement today: "The OSCE Mission has provided extensive support to the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights for..."
Revised code of ethics introduced at OSCE Office conference on media self-regulation in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 6 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 6 September 2010- The OSCE Office in Baku and the Azerbaijani Press Council introduced a revised code of ethics during their joint conference on "Safeguarding Freedom of Expression through Media Self-Regulation" today...
Combating trafficking for labour exploitation focus of OSCE conference in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 24 August 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ASHGABAT, 24 August 2010- A conference on combating human trafficking for labour exploitation organized by the OSCE Centre jointly with the General Prosecutor's Office of Turkmenistan was held in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Centre donates off-road vehicles to Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 19 August 2010
BISHKEK, 19 August 2010- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek donated eight off-road vehicles fully equipped with loudspeaker alarm units to Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry as part of the OSCE's police reform programme for the country...
Kazakhstan's President welcomes decision to hold OSCE Summit in December in Astana
Publishing date: 5 August 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Summits / Ministerial Councils
ASTANA, 5 August 2010- Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kazakhstan, OSCE Chairmanship in 2010 today welcomed the decision by the OSCE Ministerial Council to hold an OSCE Summit in Astana on 1 and 2 December 2010. He made the following statement...
OSCE Centre summer course discusses criminal justice in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Education, Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 30 July 2010- Twenty-five law-enforcement officers from across Turkmenistan took part in an OSCE summer course on international human rights standards in the administration of criminal justice which concludes today in Ashgabat...