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ODIHR Director, OSCE Chairmanship representatives welcome French investigation of anti-Semitic and racial motives in Toulouse shootings

Publishing date: 20 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
BISHKEK, 20 March 2012 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the ODIHR Director, today condemned the attack that killed four people outside a Jewish school in Toulouse, France on Monday, and welcomed actions by the French authorities to investigate this and the shootings of French soldiers last week as anti-Semitic or racially motivated crimes...

OSCE Special Representative in Monaco welcomes continuation of child protection project in Moldova

Publishing date: 20 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
MONACO, 20 March 2012 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, in her meeting with Prince Albert II today praised the support by the Principality of Monaco in the field of child protection and welcomed the continuation of such a project in Moldova...

21st IPRM meeting takes place in Ergneti

Publishing date: 20 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ERGNETI, 20 March 2012- The 21st meeting under the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place in Ergneti today. The meeting was co-facilitated by the EU Monitoring Mission and the OSCE...

OSCE Secretary General visits BiH, welcomes new government’s priorities

Publishing date: 20 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Democratization
SARAJEVO, 20 March 2012 – The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, today concluded his visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he met the new state government to discuss their priorities in the light of the contribution offered by the OSCE Mission...

OSCE Centre helps train civil society in Turkmenistan in project management

Publishing date: 20 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAT, 20 March 2012 – An OSCE-supported training course on project management for more than thirty members of Turkmenistan civil society concluded in Ashgabat today...

OSCE PA welcomes election of Moldovan president

Publishing date: 20 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 16 March 2012 – OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou today applauded the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova for electing a national president after a more than two and half year political stalemate in Chisinau...

ODIHR Director encourages Kyrgyzstan’s authorities to further improve the conduct of elections to consolidate democratic development

Publishing date: 20 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 20 March 2012– During a visit to Bishkek today on Tuesday, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), encouraged Kyrgyzstan’s authorities to consolidate the country’s democratic achievements and further improve its framework for the holding of democratic elections...