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OSCE-supported policy course promotes comprehensive security in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 27 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
SARAJEVO, 27 May 2010- A two-week course on comprehensive security policy for officials from several government ministries and other leadership institutions, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and a Council of Ministers...

OSCE media freedom representative calls for improved access to information at conference in Dushanbe

Publishing date: 26 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Digital switchover, Human rights, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 26 May 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, called for more transparency and easier access to government-held information in a speech delivered at the 12th OSCE Central Asia Media Conference...

OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to assess parliamentary elections in the Netherlands

Publishing date: 26 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 26 May 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the early parliamentary elections to be held in the Netherlands on 9 June...

Manual on combating human trafficking for law-enforcement agencies in Armenia launched with OSCE support

Publishing date: 26 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
YEREVAN, 26 May 2010- A training manual on combating human trafficking for Armenian law enforcement officials, labour inspectors and the judiciary was presented today...

OSCE participating States adopt Plan of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons

Publishing date: 26 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control
VIENNA, 26 May 2010- The 56 OSCE participating States adopted a plan of action to tackle the threat of small arms and light weapons (SALW) at a meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation in Vienna today...

OSCE National Minorities Commissioner discusses Hungarian citizenship law with Slovak Foreign Minister

Publishing date: 26 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Rule of law
THE HAGUE, 26 May 2010- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, made the following statement after a meeting yesterday in The Hague with Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak on the proposed amendments to the Law on...

OSCE/ODIHR gathers experts in Berlin to evaluate education programme to combat anti-Semitism

Publishing date: 26 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BERLIN, 26 May 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) gathered experts from 12 countries in Berlin today to exchange experiences on implementing an education programme on combating anti-Semitism that...