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OSCE human rights chief to visit Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 15 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
WARSAW, 15 June 2010- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, is travelling to Ashgabat today for talks on how ODIHR can assist the authorities in implementing the commitments...

OSCE States call for restoration of peace in Kyrgyzstan, stand ready to step up assistance

Publishing date: 15 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 15 June 2010- The 56 OSCE participating States called for the rapid restoration of peace, public safety and the rule of law in Kyrgyzstan and offered to build on assistance to resolve the crisis in a statement adopted today...

Preventing escalation of violence and helping people on the ground key to international actors' efforts in Kyrgyzstan, says OSCE Special Envoy

Publishing date: 14 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Rule of law
BISHKEK, 15 June 2010- Stopping the violence, helping to alleviate the humanitarian situation are priorities for the international community's work in Kyrgyzstan, said Zhanybek Karibzhanov, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office today...

Gender and comprehensive security in focus at annual OSCE, UN and Council of Europe meeting

Publishing date: 14 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 14 June 2010- Achieving peace and stability requires equal inclusion of both women and men, OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut said today at a meeting between the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the United Nations...

Crisis of confidence at the core of security challenges, says Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister

Publishing date: 14 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Rule of law
VIENNA, 14 June 2010- A crisis of confidence lies at the core of security challenges facing the OSCE region today, Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov said today at the opening of the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference...

OSCE holds emergency consultations on Kyrgyzstan, sends special envoy

Publishing date: 12 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ASTANA, 12 June 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, today held telephone consultations with the Head of Kyrgyzstan's Provisional Government Roza Otunabyeva...

OSCE states celebrate progress since adoption of landmark 1990 Copenhagen document, but say some promises remain unfulfilled

Publishing date: 11 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
COPENHAGEN, 11 June 2010- In a conference that concluded today, representatives of the OSCE's participating States acknowledged the immense progress that has been made in advancing human rights and democracy in the region since the adoption...