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OSCE/ODIHR and HCNM release report by Human Rights Assessment Mission in Ukraine

Publishing date: 12 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues
WARSAW / THE HAGUE, 12 May 2014 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) today released the report from the joint Human Rights Assessment Mission the two institutions sent to Ukraine in early March 2014...

Participants at Warsaw meeting highlight value of practical co-operation in realizing OSCE commitments in the Human Dimension

Publishing date: 12 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 12 May 2014 – Enhanced co-operation between the OSCE and regional and international actors is key to supporting the implementation of OSCE commitments in the Human Dimension, participants at the opening of an OSCE meeting in Warsaw said today...

Ahead of Ukraine’s elections, OSCE Project Co-ordinator launches voter awareness campaign

Publishing date: 12 May 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
An awareness campaign with the ultimate goal of helping Ukrainian voters to fully exercise their rights in elections was launched on 8 May 2014 by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) upon request from the country’s Central Election Commission...

OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes public communications training for municipal gender focal points

Publishing date: 12 May 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Gender equality
The Municipal Gender Focal Point Network completed a two-day training course on 10 May 2014 in Podgorica on communication skills and public speaking. The course was organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the Human and Minority Rights Ministry’s Gender Department and ten Montenegrin municipalities, and different national partners...

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office remembers 20 years of Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire

Publishing date: 12 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Bern, 12 May 2014- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, welcomed the statement made today by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in commemoration of the ceasefire that entered into force on 12 May 1994. He expressed his gratitude to the Co-Chairs (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Jacques Faure of France, and James Warlick of the United States of America) and to Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, his Personal Representative on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, for their tireless mediation efforts...

OSCE promotes dialogue on climate change and security in Armenia

Publishing date: 12 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 12 May 2014 – Identifying the security implications of climate change for Armenia and mapping the areas most at risk is the focus of a national consultation workshop held today in Yerevan with OSCE support...

OSCE media representative notes need for improvement in proposed Moldovan audiovisual legislation

Publishing date: 12 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 12 May 2014 – OSCE Media Freedom Representative Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about several proposed amendments to the Moldovan audiovisual legislation...