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OSCE Chairperson announces agreement on summit, calls Kyrgyzstan crisis a 'vitality test' for Organization

Publishing date: 17 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 17 July 2010- OSCE Foreign Ministers meeting in Almaty today reached consensus on holding a summit in Astana this year and reinforcing OSCE assistance to Kyrgyzstan, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev.

Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the Minsk Group Co-Chair countries

Publishing date: 16 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Newsroom
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ALMATY, 17 July 2010- The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, released the following...

OSCE foreign ministers to discuss European security, support for Kyrgyzstan at Almaty informal meeting

Publishing date: 14 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ASTANA, 14 July 2010- The future of European security, support for Kyrgyzstan, engagement with Afghanistan, and possible topics for an OSCE Summit top the agenda of informal meeting of Foreign Ministers in Almaty on 16-17 July.

OSCE media representative condemns new sentencing of Azerbaijani journalist

Publishing date: 6 July 2010
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, 6 July 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, condemned an additional jail sentence of 2.5 years handed down today to Eynulla Fatullayev, one of Azerbaijan's most prominent investigative journalists...

OSCE announces winners of tolerance photo contest

Publishing date: 29 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Newsroom
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ASTANA, 29 June 2010- The winners of an OSCE photo contest on tolerance were announced today at an award ceremony on the margins of the OSCE High-level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination in Astana...

Despite challenging circumstances, Kyrgyzstan's authorities succeeded in organizing peaceful referendum, OSCE observers say

Publishing date: 28 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 28 June 2010- Despite challenging circumstances, Kyrgyzstan's authorities succeeded in creating the necessary conditions for the conduct of a peaceful constitutional referendum, the observation mission deployed by OSCE ODIHR concluded today...

Statement by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries

Publishing date: 26 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group, Newsroom
MUSKOKA, Canada, 26 June 2010- The countries of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group released the following today: