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Women's Resource Centre opens in Armenia's Syunik province

Publishing date: 2 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
MEGHRI, Armenia, 2 December 2008- The Meghri Women's Resource Centre, supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, opened today in Meghri, in the remote Syunik region of Armenia...

OSCE media freedom representative receives Chydenius medal

Publishing date: 2 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
HELSINKI, 2 December 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, received the Chydenius medal in Helsinki today for his work to promote access to governmental information...

OSCE Centre encourages student engagement to increase quality of higher education in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 2 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 2 December 2008- Raising the quality of higher education by engaging and empowering the student community is the aim of a conference in Bishkek today, supported by the OSCE Centre...

OSCE Magazine previews Helsinki ministerial meeting, 2009 Greek Chairmanship, spotlights human trafficking

Publishing date: 1 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 1 December 2008- President Tarja Halonen of Finland leads the line-up of contributors to the latest OSCE Magazine, now available ahead of the Organization's annual meeting in Helsinki on 4 and 5 December...

OSCE launches channel on YouTube

Publishing date: 27 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 27 November 2008- The OSCE today launched its own channel on the popular video-sharing website YouTube...

OSCE-supported conference in Tashkent focuses on human rights and democracy

Publishing date: 26 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TASHKENT, 26 November 2008- Human rights and democracy were in focus at a two-day OSCE-supported conference held in Tashkent to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...

OSCE Mission organizes parliamentary simulation for high school students in Serbia

Publishing date: 21 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Education
BELGRADE, 21 November 2008- Some fifty students from high schools across Serbia will simulate a parliamentary session at the Serbian National Assembly in Belgrade tomorrow...