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OSCE human rights office, Hungarian authorities to co-operate in combating hate crimes against Roma
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BUDAPEST, 23 November 2010- Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today said his Office would work with Hungary's authorities to combat hate crimes against Roma...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office calls for ceasefire in Yellow Sea
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ASTANA, 23 November 2010- In relation to the aggravation of the situation in the Yellow Sea and the exchange of artillery fire between the Korean People's Democratic Republic and the Republic of Korea, which resulted in casualties, the OSCE...
Ukraine to chair the OSCE in 2013
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 23 November 2010- Ukraine will hold the OSCE Chairmanship in 2013, foreign ministers from the 56 OSCE participating States decided today...
OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje supports independence of judiciary with regional conference
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
SKOPJE, 23 November 2010- An OSCE-organized regional conference that started today in Skopje supports the independence of the judiciary by bringing together representatives of the institutions instrumental...
OSCE trains Turkmenistan police students on human rights protection in countering terrorism
Publishing date: 22 November 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Education, Countering terrorism, Policing
ASHGABAT, 22 November 2010-Protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms in countering terrorism is the focus of an OSCE-organized training course for police students in Turkmenistan that started in Ashgabat today...
Statement by UN, OSCE and EU Special Envoys on the situation in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 22 November 2010- On the occasion of their joint visit to Kyrgyzstan, the Special Envoys of the UN Secretary-General, the OSCE and the European Union Miroslav Jenca, Zhanybek Karibzhanov and Pierre Morel made the following statement today...
OSCE Office trains Azerbaijani financial institutions in combating money laundering
Publishing date: 22 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Rule of law
BAKU, 22 November 2010- Training sessions for the newly established Financial Monitoring Service and other Azerbaijani financial institutions organized by the OSCE Office in Baku to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism began today.