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OSCE Chairmanship workshop discusses confidence-building role of economic and environmental activities

Publishing date: 30 May 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
Participants in an OSCE Chairmanship-organized workshop held in Vienna on 30 May discussed the potential of economic and environmental activities to effectively build confidence and trust...

OSCE human rights chief reappointed

Publishing date: 30 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
VILNIUS, 30 May 2011 – Foreign ministers from the 56 OSCE participating States today unanimously agreed to reappoint the chief of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič of Slovenia, for a term of three years...

OSCE Chairperson commends amnesty in Armenia

Publishing date: 27 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
VILNIUS, 27 May 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, commended the decision by the authorities of Armenia to release through an amnesty the remaining imprisoned participants of March 2008 demonstrations following the Presidential Election...

Identifying protection gaps, exploring ways to assist refugees, displaced and stateless persons focus of OSCE meeting

Publishing date: 27 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 27 May 2011 – Participants in an OSCE meeting on internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, returnees and stateless persons, discussed today recent examples of forced population movements, and how to resolve the plight of people affected and find sustainable solutions to displacement situations in the OSCE area...

OSCE human rights chief offers support for reforms in Morocco

Publishing date: 26 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
RABAT, 26 May 2011- The Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, today concluded a two-day visit to Morocco, stressing that the OSCE's institutions are ready to consider requests for support for the country's ongoing reform efforts...

Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council calls on government and opposition in Georgia to engage in constructive dialogue

Publishing date: 26 May 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
At the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on 26 May 2011 in Vienna, the Chairperson, Lithuanian ambassador Renatas Norkus, expressed his concern about the reports of violent incidents during demonstrations in Tbilisi and called for restraint by all sides...

OSCE welcomes release of Eynulla Fatullayev

Publishing date: 26 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VILNIUS, 26 May 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the Decree by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to release Eynulla Fatullayev...