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In Kyrgyzstan, OSCE Chairperson stresses need for urgent restoration of stability and rule of law, resolving acute social and economic problems
Publishing date: 20 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 20 April 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, during a visit to Bishkek today to assess the situation and develop ways of overcoming the political crisis in Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE media freedom representative acknowledges Kyrgyzstan's commitment to freedom of media, urges immediate compliance
Publishing date: 19 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 19 April 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, welcomed today the first steps made by Kyrgyzstan's provisional government to restore media freedom and emphasized the need for further media reforms...
OSCE media freedom representative to open media forum in Tbilisi, meet Georgian officials
Publishing date: 14 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 14 April 2010- Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, will be in Tbilisi tomorrow to open a conference promoting effective guarantees for freedom of expression in the South Caucasus, Moldova and Ukraine...
Access to information in Kyrgyzstan should be immediately restored, says OSCE Media Freedom Representative
Publishing date: 7 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 7 April 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today called for restoration of information flow by allowing journalists to report on the situation in the country...
European human rights bodies call for decisive action against racism and xenophobia
Publishing date: 19 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, STRASBOURG, VIENNA, 19 March 2010- In a joint statement ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Council of Europe's...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Georgian broadcasters to abide by ethical standards of journalism
Publishing date: 15 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 15 March 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today reminded Georgian broadcasters that they should abide by the professional code of conduct to which they have committed themselves...
Press freedom promoter from Bosnia and Herzegovina named OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 11 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 11 March 2010- The 56 OSCE participating States appointed today Dunja Mijatovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina as the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media...