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OSCE Centre holds meetings on judicial reform and civil society development in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 11 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
DUSHANBE/VARZOB, 11 August 2006- The role of public organizations in civil society development and problems and perspectives of judicial reform in Tajikistan topped the agenda of two events, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe today...
Children learn about environmental protection of Caspian Sea at summer camp organized by OSCE Centre in Ashgabad
Publishing date: 11 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
ASHGABAD, 11 August 2006- More than 30 school children are participating in classes, training sessions and debates about environmental protection at an OSCE-supported summer camp aiming to raise awareness about Caspian Sea protection...
Serbian Broadcasting Law amendments ought to be withdrawn, OSCE Mission argues in analytical report
Publishing date: 11 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 11 August 2006- Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia today called on Serbian authorities to withdraw recently adopted Broadcasting Law Amendments, saying that some of them violate media freedom rights...
OSCE Chairman criticizes Kyrgyzstan for extraditions, calls on Russian authorities not to deport refugees to Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 10 August 2006
BRUSSELS, 10 August 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, today criticized Kyrgyzstan for extraditing four refugees and one asylum-seeker, all Uzbek citizens, to Uzbekistan...
OSCE/ODIHR begins observation for Montenegrin parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 9 August 2006
Content type: Press release
What we do: Elections
WARSAW/PODGORICA, 9 August 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights deployed an Election Observation Mission today to observe Montenegro's parliamentary elections on 10 September 2006...
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe promotes business skills among young people in Central Asia
Publishing date: 8 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities
KAYRAKKUM, Tajikistan, 8 August 2006- Young people are developing entrepreneurship and business leadership skills during an economic summer camp organized by the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe and run by Junior Achievement...
OSCE's human rights office facilitates discussion on international trends and local perspectives in criminal justice in Central Asia
Publishing date: 7 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Education, Rule of law
ALMATY, 7 August 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today welcomed 25 criminal justice practitioners from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to a week-long Summer School...