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Anne-Marie Lizin appointed Special Co-ordinator for Belarus elections

Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
COPENHAGEN, 10 September 2008- Anne-Marie Lizin (Belgium), a Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, has been appointed Special Co-ordinator to lead the OSCE short-term observers in the observation mission to the parliamentary election...

OSCE Centre organizes workshop on community-based tourism in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Economic activities, Education
ASHGABAD, 10 September 2008- Creating new market opportunities for local entrepreneurs by developing their tourism-related skills was the objective of an OSCE Centre-supported workshop that ends today in the south-eastern city of Mary...

Serbian Foreign Minister says OSCE provides unique forum in time of crisis

Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 10 September 2008- Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told the OSCE today that recent developments in Europe had damaged the fabric of security and co-operation, but there was still time to restore trust across the region.

Crisis in Georgia challenge for OSCE arms control and confidence-building regime, Finnish official says

Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 10 September 2008- The crisis in Georgia has changed the politico-military situation in the OSCE area in a way that must be taken into account by the OSCE and its Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), Pauli Järvenpää...

Time to open new chapter in relations, OSCE human rights chief tells Russian officials

Publishing date: 9 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Elections
MOSCOW, 9 September 2008- The director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, today called for a new chapter to be opened in the relations between his office and the Russian...

OSCE Mission to Skopje supports campaign to spread knowledge about role of Ombudsman

Publishing date: 9 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education
SKOPJE, 9 September 2008- An OSCE-supported public campaign launched in Skopje today aims to raise public awareness about the role and functions of the Ombudsman so that the public can co-operate with the institution...

OSCE aims at talks on status of the Transdniestrian region in the 5+2 format

Publishing date: 8 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Main Website
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 8 September 2008- Mediators and observers in the Transdniestrian settlement negotiating process met today in Vienna to hold consultations in the 3+2 format.