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Preventing escalation of violence and helping people on the ground key to international actors' efforts in Kyrgyzstan, says OSCE Special Envoy
Publishing date: 15 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Rule of law
BISHKEK, 15 June 2010- Stopping the violence, helping to alleviate the humanitarian situation are priorities for the international community's work in Kyrgyzstan, said Zhanybek Karibzhanov, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office today...
OSCE States call for restoration of peace in Kyrgyzstan, stand ready to step up assistance
Publishing date: 15 June 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 15 June 2010- The 56 OSCE participating States called for the rapid restoration of peace, public safety and the rule of law in Kyrgyzstan and offered to build on assistance to resolve the crisis in a statement adopted today...
Preventing escalation of violence and helping people on the ground key to international actors' efforts in Kyrgyzstan, says OSCE Special Envoy
Publishing date: 14 June 2010
BISHKEK, 15 June 2010- Stopping the violence, helping to alleviate the humanitarian situation are priorities for the international community's work in Kyrgyzstan, said Zhanybek Karibzhanov, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office today...
Crisis of confidence at the core of security challenges, says Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 14 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VIENNA, 14 June 2010- A crisis of confidence lies at the core of security challenges facing the OSCE region today, Kazakh Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov said today at the opening of the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference...
OSCE holds emergency consultations on Kyrgyzstan, sends special envoy
Publishing date: 12 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ASTANA, 12 June 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, today held telephone consultations with the Head of Kyrgyzstan's Provisional Government Roza Otunabyeva...
OSCE states celebrate progress since adoption of landmark 1990 Copenhagen document, but say some promises remain unfulfilled
Publishing date: 11 June 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
COPENHAGEN, 11 June 2010- In a conference that concluded today, representatives of the OSCE's participating States acknowledged the immense progress that has been made in advancing human rights and democracy in the region since the adoption...
OSCE Chairperson regrets violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, calls for calm and stability
Publishing date: 11 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing, Rule of law
ASTANA, 11 June 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, today expressed his deep regret at the violent clashes in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh...