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OSCE Office in Minsk – making a difference for eight years

Publishing date: 31 March 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
The OSCE Office in Minsk began its work to support the society and government of Belarus in 2003. At the end of 2010, the Belarusian authorities chose not to join consensus on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Minsk. The Office closed on 31 March 2011, following a three-month closure process...

As OSCE Office in Minsk closes, OSCE Chairperson expresses regrets, says efforts to enable OSCE work in Belarus continue

Publishing date: 31 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Conflict prevention and resolution
VILNIUS, 31 March 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today said that he deeply regretted that despite numerous efforts by the Chairmanship, Belarus' authorities had not reconsidered their decision not to join consensus on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Office in Minsk...

OSCE, Anti-Corruption Academy agree to co-operate on fighting corruption

Publishing date: 29 March 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
The OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, and the Chair of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) International Transition Team, Martin Kreutner, signed a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing co-operation between the two organizations on 28 March 2011 at the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna...

OSCE Mission to Moldova promotes environmental co-operation across the Dniestr/Nistru River

Publishing date: 29 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VADUL LUI VODA, Moldova, 29 March 2011 – Members of Moldovan and Transdniestrian expert working groups on agriculture and ecology and representatives from non-governmental organizations from both banks of the River Dniestr/Nistru discussed environmental co-operation during a meeting held today by the OSCE Mission to Moldova...

OSCE/ODIHR to observe local elections in Albania

Publishing date: 29 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Elections
TIRANA, 29 March 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an observation mission to monitor the 8 May local elections in Albania....

ODIHR team assesses opportunities for democracy and human rights assistance in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 28 March 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
A team of experts from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) arrived in Kyrgyzstan on 27 March for a five-day visit to explore possibilities for assisting the authorities and civil society with democratic reform...

OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on Azerbaijani journalist, calls upon government to curb violence against the media

Publishing date: 28 March 2011
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, 28 March 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today a recent attack on a newspaperman in Azerbaijan and called upon the government to take urgent action to curtail violence against journalists...