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OSCE Mission to Georgia supports reform of Tbilisi penitentiary and probation system
Publishing date: 8 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 8 June 2007- Enhancing the professional expertise of probation officers and general staff of the Rustavi prison in Tbilisi was the aim of an OSCE-organized training course which ended today...
OSCE States must do more to promote tolerance, Chairman tells high-level meeting
Publishing date: 7 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
BUCHAREST, 7 June 2007- Intolerance and discrimination could threaten global security, and the OSCE's participating States need to strengthen efforts to avert this threat, the OSCE's Chairman-in-Office Miguel Angel Moratinos said today.
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports Parliamentary television with equipment donation
Publishing date: 6 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Education, Media freedom and development
SKOPJE, 6 June 2007- The OSCE Mission to Skopje today handed over audio and visual production equipment worth about 140,000 euros to the Parliament for use by the Parliamentary Channel...
Secretary of State Rice says OSCE doing important work, pledges United States will remain active in leadership role
Publishing date: 31 May 2007
VIENNA, 31 May 2007- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told the OSCE today the Organization was doing important work to consolidate a Europe that is whole, free, democratic and at peace, and she pledged the United States would stay actively...
OSCE meeting transforms concern about environment security into action
Publishing date: 23 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
PRAGUE, 23 May 2007- A high-level OSCE meeting focusing on environmental security transformed concerns that environmental factors are threatening global security into actions that will promote stability, said Jose Angel Lopez Jorrin...
Russian Foreign Minister says OSCE has topical role in Euro-Atlantic security
Publishing date: 23 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, Permanent Council
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 23 May 2007- The OSCE's role in tackling military aspects of security is very topical and directly relevant to security in the Euro-Atlantic region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the OSCE today.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports media forum on fighting terrorism
Publishing date: 22 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 22 May 2007- Discussing threats and challenges of security in modern society is the aim of an OSCE-supported international media forum, which starts in Bishkek today...