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OSCE Office supports summer school to teach Central Asian youth about dangers of human trafficking
Publishing date: 22 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
DUSHANBE, 22 July 2008- A summer school to teach young people from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan about the dangers of human trafficking started today in Kairakum, northern Tajikistan...
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement on Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 22 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 22 July 2008- The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issued the following statement today:...
OSCE Chairman welcomes arrest of war crimes indictee Radovan Karadzic
Publishing date: 22 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BRUSSELS, 22 July 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, welcomed today the arrest of Bosnian Serb wartime political leader Radovan Karadzic as an important step for justice and regional reconciliation...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps discharged Ukrainian military pilots and staff find new opportunities
Publishing date: 22 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
NIZHYN, Ukraine, 22 July 2008- A joint project by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator and the Ukrainian Defence Ministry for former military pilots and technical staff has helped the latest participants, who graduated today, to get jobs...
OSCE experts in Italy to assess situation of Roma and Sinti
Publishing date: 21 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Roma and Sinti
MILAN, 21 July 2008- A delegation of OSCE experts arrived in Italy today to assess the human rights situation of the Roma and Sinti population in the country...
OSCE Special Envoy to hold talks with leaders in Moldova as part of Transdniestrian settlement
Publishing date: 21 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
HELSINKI, 21 July 2008- The Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, is in Moldova today to hold talks with President Vladimir Voronin. A meeting with Transdniestrian leader Igor Smirnov has been requested...
OSCE Chairmanship holds seminar on elections
Publishing date: 21 July 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 21 July 2008- Representatives of OSCE participating States gathered at a seminar in Vienna today to discuss the Organization's role in assisting the development of electoral processes, including through election observation...