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OSCE participating States should do more to protect and facilitate peaceful assemblies, concludes ODIHR monitoring report

Publishing date: 9 November 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
OSCE participating States should protect and facilitate peaceful assemblies, and restrictions should be proportionate and only imposed when necessary, says a report released by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Vienna on 9 November 2012...

OSCE seminar discusses interagency co-operation in fighting illicit drugs in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 9 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Border management, Policing
ASHGABAT, 9 November 2012 – Representatives from Turkmenistan’s law-enforcement agencies discussed mechanisms for effective interagency co-operation to fight illicit drugs, at an OSCE-supported working seminar that concluded in Ashgabat today...

OSCE supports environmental conference on Black Sea region in Tiraspol

Publishing date: 9 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Environmental activities
TIRASPOL, 9 November 2012 – A two-day international conference on environmental challenges in the Northern Black Sea region started today in Tiraspol. The conference is organized by Transdniestrian regional authorities, academic institutions and NGOs, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Moldova...

Statement of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs

Publishing date: 9 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group, Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 9 November 2012- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Robert Bradtke of the United States, Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, and Jacques Faure of France) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, presented their annual reports to the OSCE Permanent Council on November 8 in Vienna...

OSCE media freedom representative, in Baku, highlights to authorities need for safe media environment, visits journalists in detention

Publishing date: 9 November 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
BAKU, 9 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today discussed media freedom issues with high-ranking officials and media as part of her official visit to Azerbaijan, during which she also visited journalists in detention...

OSCE trains Kosovo police in drug trafficking investigation

Publishing date: 9 November 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Policing
An advanced training course on drug trafficking investigation organized by the OSCE Mission concluded on 9 November 2012 at the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...

OSCE promotes good governance in water management in Central Asia

Publishing date: 9 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 9 November 2012 – Sharing experience and best practices in integrated water resource management in Central Asia is the focus of an OSCE-supported seminar which began in Almaty today...