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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office condemns kidnapping of Turkish diplomatic personnel in Mosul

Publishing date: 12 June 2014
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BERN, 12 June 2014 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, condemned the attack against the Turkish consulate in Mosul, Iraq...

OSCE/ODIHR Director and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights sign declaration on enhancing co-operation in human dimension

Publishing date: 12 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
GENEVA, 12 June 2014 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, agreed to enhance co-operation between their institutions in a joint declaration signed in Geneva today...

OSCE Centre continues support in modernizing media legislation in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 12 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASHGABAT, 12 June 2014 – Law-makers and representatives of institutions dealing with media and Internet issues in Turkmenistan discussed best practices in drafting legislation on Internet and Internet media at an OSCE-organized roundtable discussion that concluded in Ashgabat today...

Regional politicians meet at Cetinje Parliamentary Forum to discuss role of women in business

Publishing date: 12 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Good governance, Gender equality
The Cetinje Parliamentary Forum “Women in business” was held on 9 and 10 June 2014 in Cetinje, bringing together parliamentary and government representatives from the Western Balkans and Turkey to discuss the challenges and potential for advancing women’s role in entrepreneurship...

OSCE Centre helps promote transparency on Western Europe- Western China Motorway in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 12 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities
The final round of meetings to present the results of monitoring of the reconstruction of "Western Europe-Western China" transport corridor and related national roads network began on 12 June 2014 in Arshaly, Kazakhstan. The meetings were supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana...

In Kazakhstan, OSCE PA human rights chair meets imprisoned opposition leader

Publishing date: 12 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 11 June 2014 – Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, met today with jailed Kazakhstani opposition leader Vladimir Kozlov at a penal colony outside Almaty...

OSCE Centre supports seminar in Kazakhstan on state prosecution’s skills in court

Publishing date: 12 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
AKTOBE, Kazakhstan, 12 June 2014- An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar for prosecutors on basic trial techniques and pre-trial preparation in criminal cases began today in Aktobe, Western Kazakhstan...