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At Geneva Discussions, OSCE Chairmanship calls for additional confidence-building measures

Publishing date: 4 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 4 March 2011 – Additional confidence-building measures in areas affected by the August 2008 conflict in Georgia are needed, said the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Protracted Conflicts, Giedrius Čekuolis at today’s round of the Geneva International Discussions...

Businesswomen and experts discuss women’s entrepreneurship in the OSCE region

Publishing date: 4 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights, Gender equality
VILNIUS, 4 March 2011- Trends and good practices in women’s entrepreneurship in the OSCE region were in focus during a two-day OSCE meeting that ended today in Vilnius, Lithuania...

OSCE Presence, Albanian NGO present reports on anti-trafficking

Publishing date: 4 March 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the non-governmental organization the Albanian Centre for Legal Civil Initiatives presented on 3 March three reports related to the situation for victims of trafficking in Albania at an event organized in Tirana

OSCE Office conducts strategic planning workshop to support Tajikistan's police reform

Publishing date: 4 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Policing
DUSHANBE, 4 March 2011 – An OSCE-supported strategic planning workshop for 15 senior law enforcement commanders, held to support the country's police reform in line with democratic principles, ended today...

OSCE media representative concerned about unprecedented persecution of journalists in Turkey

Publishing date: 3 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 3 March 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called on Turkish authorities to immediately stop intimidating media following police action against several journalists...

OSCE Chairperson offers support for UN Secretary-General initiative to co-ordinate international assistance to North Africa

Publishing date: 3 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 3 March 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discussed today the need to co-ordinate international efforts to assist North Africa, and the possibility of creating a co-ordination mechanism among relevant international organizations, under UN leadership...

Armenian Foreign Minister addresses OSCE Permanent Council, voices commitment to durable conflict resolution

Publishing date: 3 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 3 March 2011 – Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan told the OSCE Permanent Council today that the OSCE Minsk Group remains the only internationally mandated format for negotiations on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and expressed his hope for a peaceful resolution of the conflict...