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OSCE Office supports training for penitentiary officials in Tajikistan on rights of persons deprived of liberty

Publishing date: 24 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 24 May 2011- A two-day OSCE-supported training seminar on international and domestic mechanisms for the protection and observation of the rights of persons deprived of liberty started today in Khujand in northern Tajikistan...

OSCE promotes co-operation between journalists from Prishtinë/Priština, Belgrade in investigative reporting

Publishing date: 24 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 24 May 2011 – Participants at an OSCE-organized seminar that concluded today agreed that stronger co-operation between journalists and a working environment free from undue pressure are prerequisites for successful investigative reporting...

OSCE Special Representative, 1500 students make symbolic journey to Palermo against organized crime

Publishing date: 24 May 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, along with some 1500 students, participated in a symbolic journey from Civitavecchia to Palermo on 22-23 May to promote the culture of legality...

Recent conflicts, new threats underline need for adapted military doctrine, Italian official says at OSCE meeting

Publishing date: 24 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 24 May 2011 – Contemporary and recent conflicts have demonstrated that military measures alone cannot create security, Italian Lieutenant General Paolo Magro said today at the opening session of an OSCE seminar on military doctrine...

OSCE/ODIHR to assess parliamentary elections in Turkey

Publishing date: 24 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
ANKARA, 24 May 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened a mission to assess the 12 June parliamentary elections in Turkey...

OSCE promotes best practices on trans-boundary water management

Publishing date: 24 May 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Conflict prevention and resolution
Participants of a meeting held in Bishkek on 23 May to mark ten years of an OSCE-supported Trans-boundary Water Management Commission between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, summed up the results achieved under the initiative and charted the way forward.

Concerts bring together young musicians from both sides of Dniestr/Nistru River

Publishing date: 23 May 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Youth
Young music students and professional musicians from both sides of Dniestr/Nistru River gave joint concerts in Pervomaisk and Chisinau on 17 and 20 May 2011 as part of an effort by the OSCE Mission to Moldova to build confidence across the Dniestr/Nistru River...