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OSCE Mission to Skopje supports external oversight of law enforcement to protect human rights
Publishing date: 26 February 2008
SKOPJE, 26 February 2008- Promoting the implementation of a mechanism for external oversight of law enforcement is the focus of a conference that started in Skopje today.
Border management, economic development focus of OSCE meeting in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 25 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
DUSHANBE, 25 February 2008- Developing a national border strategy and border security and management projects were among some of the topics discussed at an OSCE-Tajikistan Task Force meeting that took place in Dushanbe today...
OSCE condemns attacks on journalists
Publishing date: 25 February 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 25 February 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, criticized today violent attacks aimed at journalists following last week's "Kosovo is Serbia" rally in Belgrade...
OSCE makes donation to Tajik NGO and orphanage
Publishing date: 25 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 25 February 2008- The OSCE donated 7,000 euros today to the Tajik NGO Nasli Navras, which works to support disabled children, and a dormitory for orphaned girls run by the State Women's Affairs Committee...
OSCE promotes public discussion on media legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 February 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASTANA, 25 February 2008- Media legislation reform in Kazakhstan was the topic of a roundtable today organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...
OSCE Chairman expresses concern about Belgrade violence
Publishing date: 22 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
HELSINKI, 22 February 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, expressed his serious concern today about recent acts of violence against diplomatic missions and foreign property in Belgrade...
Division of responsibilities between central and local government needed, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo report
Publishing date: 21 February 2008
PRISTINA, 21 February 2008- Clear allocation of competences between the central and local government is vital to ensure co-operation and avoid bureaucratic uncertainty, says a report issued today by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...