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OSCE Centre helps publish register of lawyers in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 11 June 2008
BISHKEK, 11 June 2008- A register of lawyers in Kyrgyzstan was published today by the Justice Ministry and the Lawyers Union of Kyrgyzstan, with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Mission to Serbia head welcomes arrest of war crimes indictee Stojan Zupljanin
Publishing date: 11 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 11 June 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, welcomed today the arrest of war crimes indictee Stojan Zupljanin...
OSCE helps foster co-operation between Uzbekistan's Ombudsman, law-enforcement agencies on human rights
Publishing date: 11 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights
KHIVA, Uzbekistan, 11 June 2008- Closer co-operation between the Ombudsman and Uzbek judicial and law-enforcement agencies on human rights issues is the focus of a workshop that started in the Khorezm Region of Uzbekistan today...
Mediators and observers agree to work towards earliest resumption of Transdniestrian settlement talks, says OSCE Special Envoy
Publishing date: 10 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
HELSINKI, 10 June 2008- Representatives of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, the OSCE, the EU and the United States met today in Helsinki to discuss Transdniestrian settlement issues and agreed to push for a restart of talks including both sides...
OSCE Centre supports discussion on labour migration in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 10 June 2008- Work permits and migration quotas were the focus of a roundtable discussion today organized by the International Business Council and supported by the OSCE Centre's field office in Osh...
OSCE Centre trains Kyrgyz prosecutors on children's and women's rights
Publishing date: 9 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 9 June 2008- Protecting the rights of juvenile and women prisoners, and legislation in the field is the focus of a training course for prosecutors and their assistants, organized by the OSCE Centre, that began in Bishkek today...
OSCE Chairman expresses support for the work of the Minsk Group
Publishing date: 9 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Minsk Group, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
HELSINKI, 9 June 2008- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, met the three Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group in Helsinki on Monday to discuss developments related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...