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In Kyrgyzstan, OSCE Chairperson stresses need for urgent restoration of stability and rule of law, resolving acute social and economic problems
Publishing date: 20 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 20 April 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, during a visit to Bishkek today to assess the situation and develop ways of overcoming the political crisis in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE media freedom representative acknowledges Kyrgyzstan's commitment to freedom of media, urges immediate compliance
Publishing date: 19 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 19 April 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, welcomed today the first steps made by Kyrgyzstan's provisional government to restore media freedom and emphasized the need for further media reforms...
OSCE Office holds seminar on government-media relations in democratic society
Publishing date: 19 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization
BAKU, 19 April 2010- A two-day seminar by the OSCE Office in Baku and the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on government-media relations in a democratic society started today...
OSCE/ODIHR deploys mission to observe municipal elections in Georgia
Publishing date: 16 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
TBILISI, 16 April 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened its election observation mission for the Georgian municipal elections scheduled for 30 May 2010...
OSCE trains local administrations in Ukraine on integrating gender equality
Publishing date: 16 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
ODESSA, Ukraine, 16 April 2010- Integrating gender equality aspects in the work of local governments is the focus of a two-day training workshop that began in Odessa today...
OSCE Chairperson announces agreement on Bakiyev's departure from Kyrgyzstan, calls it 'important step toward stabilization of situation'
Publishing date: 15 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ASTANA, 15 April 2010- Today, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev issued the following statement:
OSCE-supported Helsinki seminar seeks to address gender gap in labour migration policies
Publishing date: 15 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Gender equality
HELSINKI, 15 April 2010- Raising awareness of the challenges faced by female migrants and the need for appropriate policy responses, is the focus of an OSCE-supported training seminar which started in Helsinki today...