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OSCE Mission to Georgia supports exchange programme for ethnic Armenian students

Publishing date: 30 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Education, National minority issues
TBILISI, 30 September 2008- Sixteen ethnic Armenian students from the Javakheti region started 11th grade in schools in neighbouring Adjara this month as part of an exchange programme organized by the OSCE Mission to Georgia...

Co-operation in fight against terrorism theme of OSCE workshop in Tashkent

Publishing date: 29 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
TASHKENT, 29 September 2008- Fostering co-operation among police and other agencies in Central Asia is the purpose of a regional OSCE workshop that started today in Tashkent...

Parliamentary elections in Belarus fell short of OSCE commitments in spite of minor improvements, observers say

Publishing date: 29 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
MINSK, 29 September 2008- Despite some minor improvements, the 28 September parliamentary elections in Belarus ultimately fell short of OSCE commitments for democratic elections, international observers from the OSCE concluded today...

OSCE hosts Europe's largest human rights and democracy conference in Warsaw

Publishing date: 29 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 29 September 2008- Government representatives, experts and human rights defenders from the OSCE's 56 participating States gathered in Warsaw today for the opening of Europe's largest human rights and democracy conference...

OSCE Centre organizes study visit to Sweden by Turkmenistan lawmakers

Publishing date: 29 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Rule of law
ASHGABAD, 29 September 2008- Four members of Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament) and a representative from the National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights have completed a study visit to Sweden...

OSCE Mission to Serbia supports forum on police education

Publishing date: 29 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Policing
BELGRADE, 29 September 2008- Some 150 national and international policing experts gathered today in Belgrade at the International Forum on Police Education, Training and Learning to discuss the latest trends in...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training Ombudsman staff to monitor police stations

Publishing date: 29 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Policing
SKOPJE, 29 September 2008-Strengthening the capacity of the Ombudsman Institution to monitor police custody facilities is the aim of a training course, supported by the OSCE Mission, which started in Skopje today...