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Ten years of peace-building in Tajikistan focus of OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 25 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, Newsroom
VIENNA, 25 June- Tajikistan's impressive record in building peace and democratic institutions over the past decade, with the support of the OSCE and other international partners, is the focus of the latest issue of the OSCE Magazine...
OSCE Minsk Office organizes seminar on alternative energy sources
Publishing date: 19 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
MINSK, 19 June 2007- Creating legal conditions for developing renewable alternative energy sources is the focus of a seminar organized by the OSCE Office and the National Law Drafting Centre in Minsk today...
OSCE Mission calls for speedy end to water supply difficulties in zone of Georgian-Ossetian conflict
Publishing date: 18 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 18 June 2007- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, Ambassador Roy Reeve, called today for the sides in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict to meet to resolve the outstanding issues which are still interrupting water supply...
OSCE Centre trains public servants to protect environment while implementing land reform in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 6 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
VARZOB, Tajikistan, 6 June 2007- Teaching public servants to apply environmental protection mechanisms while managing the land reform process is the aim of an OSCE-supported seminar which ends in Varzob, near Dushanbe, on Friday...
OSCE Mission Head calls for strengthening efforts to protect environment in Serbia
Publishing date: 5 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Environmental activities
BELGRADE, 5 June 2007- On the occasion of the World Environmental Day, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, drew attention to environmental hazards in Serbia and called on the authorities and the public to strengthen...
Austrian energy-autonomous city to host OSCE delegation on International Environment Day
Publishing date: 4 June 2007
VIENNA, 4 June 2007- On the occasion of the International Environment Day, marked on 5 June, more than 40 OSCE delegates will visit the Austrian city of Gussing which relies exclusively on renewable energy...
OSCE-supported competition helps Georgian children learn about protecting the environment
Publishing date: 1 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Environmental activities, Education
TBILISI, 1 June 2007- Fifteen schoolchildren were named as winners today in a competition aimed at raising awareness about the importance of protecting the environment organized by the OSCE-supported Aarhus Centre and the Georgian Environment Ministry...