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Joint statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, by the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries at the G-8 Summit
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
Deauville, France, 26 May 2011...
Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council calls on government and opposition in Georgia to engage in constructive dialogue
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
At the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on 26 May 2011 in Vienna, the Chairperson, Lithuanian ambassador Renatas Norkus, expressed his concern about the reports of violent incidents during demonstrations in Tbilisi and called for restraint by all sides...
OSCE welcomes release of Eynulla Fatullayev
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VILNIUS, 26 May 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the Decree by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to release Eynulla Fatullayev...
Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia welcomes arrest of Ratko Mladić
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
BELGRADE, 26 May 2011- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos, welcomes the arrest in Serbia todayof the Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladić, who was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), including genocide in Srebrenica...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports discussion on equal rights and opportunities for women
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Rule of law
ASTANA, 26 May 2011 – About 100 high-level government officials, parliamentary deputies and representatives of non-governmental and international organizations today discussed Kazakhstan's efforts to eliminate discrimination against women during a meeting co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana...
OSCE Chairperson welcomes arrest of Ratko Mladić
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VILNIUS, 26 May 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today welcomed the arrest of Bosnian Serb wartime military leader Ratko Mladić as a very important step for justice and regional reconciliation...
OSCE supports improving human rights and civic education standards in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 26 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Education