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OSCE important for Albania's transition and foreign policy goals, says Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 8 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 8 March 2007- The OSCE has played an important role in Albania's democratic transition and the relationship will remain close as the country works to achieve its two main foreign policy goals of membership in European and...
Partnership, mutual respect and understanding key for OSCE, says Lithuanian President
Publishing date: 8 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 8 March 2007- The concept of partnership should be at the heart of the OSCE's work, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said today.
ODIHR holds UK training course on protecting human rights in fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 8 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Countering terrorism
LONDON, 8 March 2007- The need to protect human rights in the fight against terrorism will be the focus of a training course for senior officials beginning in London today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports anti-trafficking initiatives
Publishing date: 7 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 7 March 2007- The National Referral Mechanism which helps victims of human trafficking and other achievements in the field were the topic of a presentation for Members of Parliament in Skopje today...
OSCE Chairman denounces "parliamentary elections" in Abkhazia
Publishing date: 7 March 2007
MADRID, 7 March 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, has denounced the "parliamentary elections" held on 4 March by the Abkhaz leadership on the territory under its control...
OSCE Mission presents study on rights of displaced population
Publishing date: 5 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 5 March 2007- The OSCE Mission to Serbia presented a study today that aims to help the displaced populations in Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina access their rights. "This study...
OSCE Centre promotes public discussion on freedom of expression
Publishing date: 5 March 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASTANA, 5 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, encouraged Kazakh authorities today to abandon plans to require licenses for all printing presses. Existing laws...