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OSCE helps Ukraine enhance radiation control at borders
Publishing date: 16 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Border management
Two new reference publications on radiological control developed with the help of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine were presented to Ukraine’s State Environmental Inspectorate on 15 October 2013...
OSCE Mission to Skopje launches non-discrimination media campaign
Publishing date: 16 October 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 16 October 2013 – Raising awareness on equality and anti-discrimination and safeguarding social diversity is the aim of an OSCE-supported media campaign launched in Skopje today...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Autumn Meeting took place in Montenegro
Publishing date: 16 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Parliamentarians from across the OSCE area have gathered for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Autumn Meeting in Budva, Montenegro, from 13 to 15 October 2013. The meeting included a Mediterranean Forum and the Parliamentary Conference “"Addressing Transnational Threats and Protecting Human Rights: The Role of the OSCE."
OSCE/ODIHR supports Mongolia in monitoring and protecting women’s rights
Publishing date: 15 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
Strategies for effective human rights monitoring and advancing women’s rights were discussed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at a workshop for officials from the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia, in Ulaanbaatar on 14 and 15 October 2013...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on Albania’s parliamentary elections recommends measures to enhance public confidence in electoral process
Publishing date: 15 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
The parliamentary elections in Albania on 23 June 2013 were competitive and characterized by genuine respect for fundamental freedoms, but more needs to be done to enhance public confidence in the electoral process, the final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) concludes...
OSCE representative welcomes legislative amendments in Moldova in support of media freedom
Publishing date: 14 October 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 14 October 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed a decision of the Moldovan Parliament that will allow for open public debate and dissemination of information on the topic of ‘non-traditional family relations’...
Terrorist use of explosives in focus of OSCE discussion in Armenia
Publishing date: 14 October 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Countering terrorism