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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR chief, OSCE PA vice president committed to close co-operation during observation of Albania vote
Publishing date: 3 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 3 June 2009- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Vice President, Wolfgang Grossruck...
Spain's Jose Enrique Horcajada Schwartz new Head of OSCE Office in Zagreb
Publishing date: 3 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Zagreb (closed)
ZAGREB, 3 June 2009- Ambassador Jose Enrique Horcajada Schwartz is the new Head of the OSCE Office in Zagreb...
OSCE Centre supports dialogue between Kyrgyz elections authorities, civil society ahead of presidential election
Publishing date: 3 June 2009
BISHKEK, 3 June 2009- A conference to help prepare for the 23 July presidential election, organized by the Kyrgyz Central Elections Commission with civil society groups and supported by the OSCE Centre and the German Embassy, was held today...
OSCE trains human rights defenders in Kazakhstan on monitoring freedom of assembly
Publishing date: 1 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ASTANA, 1 June 2009- A four-day training course for human rights defenders in Kazakhstan on how to monitor and report on the freedom of assembly, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), began in Astana...
OSCE Mission to Moldova holds seminar to foster partnership and co-operation in fight against human trafficking
Publishing date: 29 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights, Policing
CHISINAU, 29 May 2009- The OSCE Mission to Moldova, jointly with the OSCE Secretariat's Strategic Police Matters Unit, concluded a three-day seminar today on identifying, assisting and protecting human trafficking victims...
OSCE Centre in Astana co-organizes seminar on gender equality draft law
Publishing date: 29 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ASTANA, 29 May 2009- A two-day seminar co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, focusing on how a draft law on gender equality can be promoted, started in Borovoye in northern Kazakhstan today...
OSCE Mission to Serbia, Dutch Embassy and Belgrade Youth Centre organize debate on media freedom
Publishing date: 29 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 29 May 2009- Media rights and freedom in Serbia were the focus of a debate organized today in Belgrade by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, the Dutch Embassy in Belgrade and the Belgrade Youth Centre Dom Omladine...