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Afghanistan linked to global, regional security, says OSCE Chairperson
Publishing date: 17 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
KABUL, 17 May 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, discussed today in Kabul initiatives to strengthen Afghanistan's borders with neighbours, co-operate on combatting drug...
Judicial independence and access to justice remain challenge in OSCE region, participants at Warsaw meeting say
Publishing date: 16 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
WARSAW, 17 May 2010- Guaranteeing judicial independence and public access to justice remain a significant challenge in the OSCE region, participants said today at the opening of an OSCE meeting on these topics...
OSCE and Venice Commission host roundtable meeting on constitutional reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 13 May, 2010- High-level representatives of Kyrgyzstan's interim government and international experts are meeting today in Bishkek at a roundtable meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
Gender equality focus of OSCE meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 7 May 2010
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Gender equality
ODIHR and the OSCE’s Kazakh Chairmanship hosted a two-day Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna on 6-7 May.
OSCE Mission to Serbia Head welcomes election of Commissioner for the Protection of Equality
Publishing date: 6 May 2010
BELGRADE, 6 May 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, welcomed today the decision by the National Assembly of Serbia to elect Nevena Petrusic as the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan conducts risk management training for Afghan customs officers
Publishing date: 5 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2010- Afghan customs officers today completed a five-day training course in risk management and profiling organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE-supported conference in Ashgabat discusses energy co-operation in Central Asia
Publishing date: 4 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
ASHGABAT, 4 May 2010- Energy co-operation in Central Asia and the design of a legal framework for reliable and stable energy flows in the region was the focus of a two-day OSCE-supported conference that concluded today in Ashgabat...