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OSCE can contribute to the transformation of Afghanistan: Secretary General

Publishing date: 24 September 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
The OSCE can play a valuable role in supporting international efforts to ensure stability and build confidence in Afghanistan post 2014, Secretary General Lamberto Zannier has told an official meeting during the United Nations General Assembly from 22 to 29 September 2013, New York...

In Warsaw, OSCE PA human rights committee vice-chair stresses education in combating intolerance

Publishing date: 24 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 24 September 2013 – Mehmet Şevki Kulkuloglu, Vice-Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, addressed the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw yesterday.

OSCE media freedom representative welcomes acquittal of Belarusian journalist

Publishing date: 24 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
WARSAW, 24 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the decision by a court in Grodno in western Belarus to lift the restrictions imposed on the Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut...

Extractive industries transparency in Azerbaijan theme of OSCE-supported discussion

Publishing date: 24 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Good governance
BAKU, 24 September 2013 – An OSCE-supported meeting focusing on Azerbaijan’s compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a mechanism for disclosing oil and gas industry earnings to improve the transparency and accountability of public finance management, took place in Baku today...

OSCE Centre supports seminar on protection of intellectual property in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 23 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Border management, Good governance
ASTANA, 23 September 2013 – Some 40 Customs Control Officers representing all regions of Kazakhstan gathered today at a five-day National Seminar on Combating Counterfeiting and Pirated Products, supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana...

Universal human rights central to security, say speakers at OSCE conference in Warsaw

Publishing date: 23 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 23 September 2013 – The universality of human rights has to be protected in order to provide for genuine security, speakers said at the opening of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw today...

OSCE media freedom representative concerned about disappearance of journalist in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 23 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
WARSAW, 23 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the disappearance of independent journalist Sergej Naumov in Uzbekistan.