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OSCE Chairperson's Special Envoy welcomes Montenegro's determination to continue reforms

Publishing date: 16 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Democratization, Countering terrorism, Rule of law
PODGORICA, 16 March 2010- The Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov, welcomed Montenegro's determination to continue its pro-democratic reforms during a visit to Podgorica today...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo to present report on use of detention

Publishing date: 12 March 2010
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 12 March 2010- The use of detention and the judges' justification for detention is the topic of a report to be presented at a news conference on Monday by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...

Residents in eastern Kyrgyzstan city view police work more positively following OSCE-supported reforms, new opinion poll shows

Publishing date: 9 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Policing
BISHKEK, 9 March, 2010- The share of residents in the eastern city of Karakol who view police work positively has almost tripled since 2006, when OSCE-supported reforms began, according to the results of a new survey released today...

Post-election trials reveal shortcomings in Armenia's justice system, new OSCE/ODIHR report says

Publishing date: 8 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
WARSAW, 8 March 2010- The conduct of the trials that took place in the aftermath of the March 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan reveals shortcomings in Armenia's justice system, concludes a report published today by the OSCE Office...

Monitoring crucial for press freedom, says OSCE media freedom representative in final report

Publishing date: 4 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 4 March 2010- Monitoring of the kind that takes place within the OSCE is crucial to encourage countries to uphold press freedom commitments, stressed Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media...

Despite certain positive steps, Tajikistan's parliamentary elections failed to meet many key OSCE commitments

Publishing date: 1 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
DUSHANBE, 1 March 2010- Yesterday's parliamentary elections took place peacefully, but despite certain small positive steps failed to meet many key OSCE commitments, the international election observation mission concluded in a preliminary statement...

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office reiterates engagement with Afghanistan as key priority for Kazakh Chairmanship

Publishing date: 26 February 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Rule of law
ASTANA, 26 February 2010. The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, State Secretary and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Kanat Saudabayev made the following statement on Afghanistan today: