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Report on Armenian penitentiary institutions presented in Yerevan

Publishing date: 5 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 5 October 2006- The results of a monitoring of Armenian prisons or detention centres in 2005, the conditions and treatment of prisoners, were presented in Yerevan today. Prepared by the Public Monitoring Group, it focuses on...

OSCE Chairman urges Georgia and Russia to resume dialogue, restore normal relations

Publishing date: 4 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 4 October 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, today strongly urged Georgia and Russia to tone down rhetoric, abstain from further provocations and resume dialogue...

OSCE Centre, Interior Ministry organize community police days in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 4 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 4 October 2006- Making sure residents get to better know community police officers working in their neighborhoods is the aim of a Police Day taking place in the northern Kyrguz town of Karakol today...

OSCE-led team starts mission to assess environmental impact of southern Caucasus fires

Publishing date: 3 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
BAKU, 3 October 2006- An OSCE-led team of international experts, backed by a United Nations General Assembly resolution, began an 11-day mission today to assess the environmental impact of fires in and around Nagorno-Karabakh...

OSCE Chairmanship, France and US call for action to combat sexual exploitation of children

Publishing date: 3 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 3 October 2006- The Belgian OSCE Chairmanship, France and the United States today urged states, businesses and NGOs to take action against sexual exploitation of children...

OSCE Presence in Albania launches project on access to information

Publishing date: 3 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
TIRANA, 3 October 2006- A project aimed at helping Albanians be more aware of their rights to access information was launched today by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the People's Advocate (Ombudsman)...

First elections fully administered by Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities show further progress

Publishing date: 2 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
SARAJEVO, 2 October 2006- Yesterday's general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina were generally administered in line with international standards and represented further progress in the consolidation of democracy and the rule of law...