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OSCE Yerevan Office honors environmental activists with certificates
Publishing date: 22 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 22 December 2009- Representatives of non-governmental organizations, Aarhus Centres and municipal governments were awarded certificates for their work to protect the environment at a conference organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan today...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat announces photo contest winners
Publishing date: 17 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAT, 17 December 2009- The winners of the photo contest launched by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat to celebrate its tenth anniversary were announced today, with the first prize awarded to Igor Lomov for his photo "Twin souls".
OSCE Office supports establishment of water information system in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 17 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
DUSHANBE, 17 December 2009- Today the OSCE Office in Tajikistan handed over to the Ministry of Land Reclamation and Water Resources a special software package developed for the establishment of the electronic Water Code...
OSCE supports meeting in Uzbekistan on transport facilitation in Central Asia
Publishing date: 11 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 11 December 2009- Priorities and prospects for further rail and road transport development as well as methods to enhance the efficiency of border crossings in Central Asia were discussed at an OSCE-supported regional roundtable meeting...
OSCE Mission organizes first environmental film festival in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 7 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAT, 7 December 2009- Ten films featuring environmental topics such as the energy crisis in North America, Cuba's green revolution in agriculture and the impact of the fishing industry on East Africa's marine environment were screened...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports launch of pilot pollutant release and transfer register
Publishing date: 25 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, 25 November 2009- A pilot Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, created under the Aarhus Convention, was launched today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Astana...
OSCE Mission supports Serbian delegation's preparations for UN conference on climate change
Publishing date: 23 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Environmental activities
BELGRADE, 23 November 2009- A workshop co-organized by the OSCE Mission to support preparations by the Serbian delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December started in Belgrade today...