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OSCE Chairperson offers support for UN Secretary-General initiative to co-ordinate international assistance to North Africa

Publishing date: 3 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 3 March 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discussed today the need to co-ordinate international efforts to assist North Africa, and the possibility of creating a co-ordination mechanism among relevant international organizations, under UN leadership...

OSCE Mission to Serbia, Justice Ministry, USAID support discussion about draft law on financing of political activities

Publishing date: 3 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 3 March 2011 – Representatives of the Justice Ministry, the Anti-corruption Agency, political parties, civil society and the media today discussed a draft law on financing of political activities at an event supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and USAID and the Justice Ministry...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports standardization of municipal regulations

Publishing date: 1 March 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
A workshop organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo on improving the quality of municipal acts concluded on 1 March 2011 in Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...

OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission to monitor early presidential election in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 28 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
ASTANA, 1 March 2011- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission for the 3 April early presidential election in Kazakhstan...

OSCE supports publications on civil society development in Armenia

Publishing date: 22 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
YEREVAN, 22 February 2011 – OSCE-supported publications to promote civil society development in Armenia, titled Armenian Civil Society: from Transition to Consolidation, were launched in Yerevan today...

OSCE Office supports study tour to Germany for Azerbaijani police officers

Publishing date: 21 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Policing
BAKU, 21 February 2011 – Police officers from Azerbaijan began a week-long study visit to Germany today to learn about community policing methods as part of an OSCE Office in Baku project to improve interaction between the police and local communities...

OSCE Chairperson concerned about trials of protestors in Belarus and calls for monitors to observe

Publishing date: 17 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
VILNIUS, 17 February 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, expressed strong concern today that the courts in Belarus have started trials and the sentencing of people who participated in demonstrations last December. He fully supports the intention of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to send observers to monitor future trials and urges the authorities to ensure that the observers can conduct their work...