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OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmen issue statement
Publishing date: 13 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
VIENNA, 13 July 2007- The three Minsk Group Co-Chairmen- Ambassador Yury Merzlyakov of Russia, Ambassador Bernard Fassier of France and Ambassador Matthew Bryza of the United States- issued the following statement today:...
Top OSCE official calls crackdown on human rights defenders 'dangerous development'
Publishing date: 13 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
VIENNA, 13 July 2007- OSCE participating States should work to ensure that crack-downs legitimate human rights concerns come to an end, participants agreed at an OSCE conference concluded today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje continues to help police improve their investigative interviewing skills
Publishing date: 12 July 2007
SKOPJE, 13 July 2007- Twenty six police officers received certificates at the ceremony today after completion of a training course on professional interviewing techniques, organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje with the Ministry of the Interior.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan helps organize roundtable on harmonizing laws to strengthen role of human rights ombudsman
Publishing date: 12 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights
TASHKENT, 12 July 2007- A roundtable on harmonizing national legislation with the law on Uzbekistan's human right ombudsman took place in Tashkent yesterday and made recommendations on how to amend laws to improve the role of the ombudsman.
OSCE and EU need to adapt, find complementary approach to tackle global challenges, Portuguese Foreign Minister says
Publishing date: 12 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 12 July 2007- The OSCE and the European Union need to find a complementary approach as they adapt to global challenges such as migration, Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado said today...
Serbian Chief of General Staff tells OSCE Armed Forces completed most important phase of transformation
Publishing date: 11 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 11 July 2007- Serbia has successfully completed the first phase of transforming its armed forces and now faces new challenges, Lieutenant-General Zdravko Ponos, Chief of General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Serbia, said at the OSCE...
OSCE Vienna conference to examine handling of human rights violations
Publishing date: 10 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 10 July 2007- How OSCE countries deal with human rights violations with a focus on responsibilities and remedies will be the topic of a two-day OSCE conference that starts on Thursday in Vienna...