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OSCE Office in Yerevan supports access to higher education for disabled people

Publishing date: 30 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
YEREVAN, 30 April 2014 – Opportunities, problems and challenges of higher education for people with disabilities was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion today in Yerevan...

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation visits eastern Ukraine

Publishing date: 30 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 30 April 2014 – A senior delegation from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has completed a visit to the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhya oblasts in eastern Ukraine as part of the Assembly's ongoing activities in preparation for observation of the country’s presidential election.

OSCE/ODIHR supports dialogue on gender equality and women’s political participation in Malta

Publishing date: 30 April 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Gender equality
Measures to advance gender equality in Malta were the focus today at a conference in Sliema, Malta.

April elections sent promising signal, UN Special Representative for Afghanistan tells OSCE Permanent Council

Publishing date: 30 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Elections
VIENNA, 30 April 2014- The April 5 presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan demonstrated that the Afghan people had “rejected violence as a means of political transition and opted for a political process”, Ján Kubiš, the United Nations Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 30 April 2014.

OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Eco-centre Dolphin NGO raise awareness on composting

Publishing date: 30 April 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Environmental activities
The Municipality of Tivat hosted the launch of an awareness-raising campaign on the benefits of composting green waste on 25 April 2014. The campaign will be conducted over the course of 2014 by the Eco-centre Dolphin NGO in partnership with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro...

Leader of OSCE National Dialogue Project in Ukraine presents recommendations to Permanent Council

Publishing date: 30 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
VIENNA, 30 April 2014- Ambassador Hido Biščević of Croatia, Team Leader of the OSCE’s National Dialogue Project in Ukraine, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council today. He presented recommendations on how the OSCE can contribute to social cohesion and tolerance amid the current crisis...

Swiss OSCE Chairmanship presents “Interlaken Recommendations” at international Counter-Terrorism Conference

Publishing date: 29 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
INTERLAKEN, Switzerland, 29 April 2014 – Countering terrorism requires an inclusive and coordinated response at all levels, emphasized the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship in its conclusions to a two-day OSCE international counter-terrorism conference. Characterized by its strategic approach, involving all Executive Structures and Institutions, the OSCE should continue to build on its comparative advantages in close cooperation with other international actors.