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OSCE human rights chief calls on Czech authorities to address segregation and social exclusion to help prevent anti-Roma incidents

Publishing date: 18 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Roma and Sinti
WARSAW, 18 July 2013 Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), expressed concern today over recent extremist demonstrations and attempted attacks on Roma residents in České Budějovice and Duchcov in the Czech Republic...

Human Rights Chair concerned about verdict in Navalny case

Publishing date: 18 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 18 July 2013-- Isabel Santos (Portugal), chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, today released the following statement regarding a Russian court's verdict in the case of Alexey Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov:

Nearly 1,300 bombs and 19 missiles destroyed as part of large-scale OSCE Soviet-era ammunition demolition project in Georgia

Publishing date: 18 July 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control
The explosion of a cluster bomb on 12 July 2013 at a demolition range in Georgia marked the end of a two-year project by the OSCE and the United Nations Development Programme to help the country destroy 1,289 pieces of aircraft ammunition and 19 missiles...

Secretary-General of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation addresses OSCE

Publishing date: 18 July 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: Permanent Council
The Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Dmitry Mezentsev, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 18 July 2013...

Ambassador Florian Raunig of Austria appointed new Head of OSCE Presence in Albania, starts duties in October

Publishing date: 17 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
TIRANA, 17 July 2013 – Ambassador Florian Raunig of Austria has been appointed as the new Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, the Ukrainian OSCE Chairmanship announced today. He will assume his duties on 1 October 2013...

OSCE committed to further efforts aimed at peaceful resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on a visit to Armenia

Publishing date: 17 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
YEREVAN, 15 July 2013 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, on a visit in Armenia discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and other OSCE-related issues with the Armenian President, Serzh Sargsyan, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and the President of the National Assembly (Parliament), Hovik Abrahamyan...

OSCE media freedom representative welcomes UN Security Council action to improve safety of journalists

Publishing date: 17 July 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
VIENNA, 17 July 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today welcomed the UN Security Council’s initiative to enhance the implementation of UNSC Resolution 1738, strengthening the safety of journalists...