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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities delivers statement to OSCE Permanent Council

Publishing date: 12 July 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek delivered a statement to the 920th Plenary Meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on 12 July 2012...

OSCE states discuss implementation of Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security

Publishing date: 11 July 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
Representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States discussed on 11 July 2012 the implementation of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security at its first ever annual review meeting...

OSCE media freedom representative hails ruling by Moldova Supreme Court

Publishing date: 11 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 11 July 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today’s ruling of Moldova’s Supreme Court dismissing previous court decisions on a defamation law suit against Ziarul de Gardă investigative newspaper...

OSCE Secretary General meets civil society representatives in Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 9 July 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
During his official visit to Azerbaijan, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier had a meeting with civil society representatives in Baku on 8 July 2012, to discuss ongoing work and challenges in economic, environmental, as well as human rights-related fields...

Effective prosecution of hate crimes focus of ODIHR event for prosecutors

Publishing date: 6 July 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
The effective prosecution of hate crimes was the theme of a meeting and pilot training session organized for 25 prosecutors from across the OSCE region by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 5 and 6 July 2012...

OSCE supports states to stop proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

Publishing date: 4 July 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Countering terrorism
OSCE support to participating States to implement UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 on preventing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was the focus of a security dialogue held at the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Vienna on 4 July 2012...

OSCE media freedom representative regrets fine imposed on journalist in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 4 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 4 July 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, regretted today a Kyrgyzstan court decision to fine journalist Vladimir Farafonov...