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OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement

Publishing date: 26 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
New York, 26 September 2009- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States, released the following statement today:

OSCE/ODIHR Director to meet with Russian Foreign Minister in Moscow

Publishing date: 9 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 9 September 2009- Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, the Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), travelled to Moscow today to meet Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other high Russian officials.

Latest murder of journalist in Russia underlines need for government action, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 13 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 13 August 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned today the murder of newspaper editor Abdulmalik Akhmedilov in Makhachkala, Dagestan on 11 August, and reiterated his call to Russia's...

OSCE Centre organizes seminars on alternatives to pre-trial detention in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 3 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 3 August 2009- The final in a series of five seminars on international human rights standards and best practices in the OSCE area related to alternatives to detention at the pre-trial stage of criminal proceedings started today in Ashgabat...

OSCE Office co-organizes study tour on combating violence against women for Tajik officials

Publishing date: 23 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
VIENNA, 23 July 2009- High-ranking governmental officials from Tajikistan concluded an OSCE Office-supported study tour to Vienna on combating violence against women today...

Collective response urgently needed to address indivisible security, Russian Foreign Minister tells OSCE states

Publishing date: 23 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 23 June 2009- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on OSCE States to address the future of Euro-Atlantic security and elaborated on Russian proposals for a legally-binding treaty at the start of the Annual Security Review Conference...

OSCE Special Representative welcomes Moscow meeting on Transdniestria

Publishing date: 18 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ATHENS, 18 March 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office's Special Representative, Ambassador Charalampos Christopoulos, said he welcomed today's agreement in Moscow to accelerate the negotiations within the 5+2 format.