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World leaders in Astana to address security challenges at OSCE Summit
Publishing date: 30 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ASTANA, 30 November 2010- Heads of State and Government from the 56 OSCE participating States and 12 Partner countries are in Astana for the OSCE Summit, set to start tomorrow in the Palace of Independence...
Winners of Kazakhstan's OSCE Summit school essay contest announced
Publishing date: 28 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ASTANA, 29 November 2010- Kazakhstan's ministries of foreign affairs and education announced today the winners of a nationwide school essay contest held ahead of the OSCE Summit on 1 and 2 December in Astana...
OSCE review conference with civil society and governments concludes in run-up to Summit
Publishing date: 28 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
ASTANA, 28 November 2010- The Review Conference held by the OSCE for civil society organizations and participating States to assess the implementation of OSCE commitments ahead of the Summit on 1 and 2 December concluded in Astana today...
OSCE officials discuss human rights violations
Publishing date: 26 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
ASTANA, 26 November 2010- The third and final part of the OSCE Review Conference, which focuses on the human dimension of security, began in Astana today and concludes Sunday...
OSCE expert report on the authorities' investigation of journalist's death
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Troika, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
VIENNA, 23 November 2010- Today independent experts tasked by the OSCE completed an assessment of the ongoing investigation into the death of the Belarusian journalist Aleh Byabenin...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office calls for ceasefire in Yellow Sea
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ASTANA, 23 November 2010- In relation to the aggravation of the situation in the Yellow Sea and the exchange of artillery fire between the Korean People's Democratic Republic and the Republic of Korea, which resulted in casualties, the OSCE...
Ukraine to chair the OSCE in 2013
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 23 November 2010- Ukraine will hold the OSCE Chairmanship in 2013, foreign ministers from the 56 OSCE participating States decided today...