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OSCE Centre trains Kyrgyz police lecturers on human rights
Publishing date: 13 October 2008
BISHKEK, 13 October 2008- Some 30 Kyrgyz Police Academy lecturers took part in a training course on the methodology of teaching about human rights that ended in Bishkek today...
OSCE Mission supports Skopje study trip for Georgian anti-trafficking practitioners
Publishing date: 10 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
TBILISI, 10 October 2008- Representatives of the Georgian government and non-governmental organizations engaged in the fight against trafficking in human beings are taking part in an OSCE Mission-supported study tour to Skopje which ends today...
OSCE begins monitoring of US elections
Publishing date: 10 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WASHINGTON, 10 October 2008- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights today opened a limited election observation mission to monitor the 4 November elections in the United States of America...
OSCE Chairman congratulates Martti Ahtisaari on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize
Publishing date: 10 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution
HELSINKI, 10 October 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, congratulated former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari for being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today...
OSCE sends experts to Georgia to assess human rights and minority situation in areas affected by conflict
Publishing date: 10 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
WARSAW/THE HAGUE, 10 October 2008- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities will send an expert team to Georgia to assess the human rights and minority situation in the areas...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports citizen-police initiative to raise ecology awareness among students
Publishing date: 10 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Environmental activities
SKOPJE, 10 October 2008- Some 70 students, teachers and parents from the technical high school in Kumanovo took part in an event today to clear rubbish from the school compound, previously used for waste disposal...
OSCE supports international scientific conference on power engineering held in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 10 October 2008- Challenges and solutions in the field of energy and power engineering are on the agenda of an international conference held by the OSCE field office and the Kyrgyz-Uzbek University in Osh today...