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Fight against corruption, good governance focus of high-level OSCE meeting in Dublin on Monday
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
DUBLIN, 19 April 2012 – Good governance and fighting corruption is the theme of a two-day OSCE meeting that opens in Dublin on Monday 23 April 2012...
OSCE media freedom representative warns against using security concerns as pretext for silencing dissent
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
National security concerns should not lead to online censorship, stressed Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, on 19 April 2012 at the Stockholm Internet Forum...
OSCE/ODIHR highlights importance of codes of ethics for parliamentarians at conference in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
The importance of a credible code of ethics for parliamentarians in building trust in democracy was highlighted at a conference held in Tbilisi by the Parliament of Georgia and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 19 April 2012...
OSCE Chairperson hails breakthrough in Transdniestrian settlement talks
Publishing date: 18 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
DUBLIN, 18 April 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore, welcomed today’s announcement of a breakthrough reached in the OSCE-led negotiations towards a Transdniestrian settlement...
Parliaments play a critical role in the eradication of modern-day slavery, says OSCE Special Representative at St. Petersburg meeting
Publishing date: 18 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ST PETERSBURG, Russia 18 April 2012 – The role of parliamentarians in combating and preventing human trafficking at the national and international level was the focus of a roundtable discussion in St. Petersburg today...
OSCE media representative condemns violence against Azerbaijani journalists
Publishing date: 18 April 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
VIENNA, 18 April 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the attack on Idrak Abbasov and other Azerbaijani journalists and urged the authorities to bring those responsible to justice...
Joint statement by Heads of Mission of EU, NATO, OSCE and U.S. in Skopje on recent killings near Smiljkovci
Publishing date: 18 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 18 April 2012 – The heads of mission of the European Union, NATO, OSCE, and U.S. issued the following statement today...