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OSCE Vienna conference to examine handling of human rights violations
Publishing date: 10 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 10 July 2007- How OSCE countries deal with human rights violations with a focus on responsibilities and remedies will be the topic of a two-day OSCE conference that starts on Thursday in Vienna...
OSCE Mission contributes to International Summer University in Bitola
Publishing date: 9 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Education, Gender equality
SKOPJE, 9 July 2007- Gender and discrimination are the focus of two courses funded by the OSCE Mission to Skopje at this year's International Summer University, launched in Bitola today...
Study on deforestation in Armenia made public with OSCE Office support
Publishing date: 27 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 27 June 2007- A study on deforestation in Armenia, prepared by the Economy and Values Research Centre with financial support from the British Embassy, was made public today with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...
OSCE Chairman issues statement after CFE Treaty Conference ends in Vienna
Publishing date: 15 June 2007
MADRID, 15 June 2007- Following the conclusion of the Extraordinary CFE Conference in Vienna today, the OSCE Chairman, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, called on the States Parties to the Treaty to overcome existing differences...
OSCE, Russian Diplomatic Academy to train personnel for Mission work, election monitoring
Publishing date: 14 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
MOSCOW, 14 June 2007- The OSCE and the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry agreed today to work closer in preparing qualified candidates for future assignments in the Organization's Secretariat, Institutions and field operations...
OSCE promotes new methodology to support small business sector
Publishing date: 14 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Economic activities
VIENNA, 14 June 2007- A new methodology to evaluate State programmes aimed at supporting small and medium sized enterprises was the focus of a meeting in Vienna yesterday...
States Parties to CFE Treaty to hold Extraordinary Conference
Publishing date: 8 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Main Website
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 8 June 2007- The 30 States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty), will begin a meeting on 11 June in Vienna following a request by the Russian Federation that an Extraordinary Conference be held.