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OSCE launches channel on YouTube
Publishing date: 27 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 27 November 2008- The OSCE today launched its own channel on the popular video-sharing website YouTube...
OSCE national minorities Commissioner, Latvian Naturalization Board to hold conference on citizenship
Publishing date: 19 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 19 November 2008- A conference organized by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and the Naturalization Board of the Republic of Latvia on the institution of citizenship and its development and perspectives in the Baltic...
Model OSCE conference held in Armenia
Publishing date: 2 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 2 November 2008- Labour migration, educational and cultural rights of national minorities, protection of investigative journalism and lack of tolerance are among the problems highlighted at the Model OSCE Conference in Tsaghkadzor this weekend.
OSCE sends experts to Georgia to assess human rights and minority situation in areas affected by conflict
Publishing date: 10 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
WARSAW/THE HAGUE, 10 October 2008- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities will send an expert team to Georgia to assess the human rights and minority situation in the areas...
Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia to visit Priboj and Prijepolje
Publishing date: 7 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 7 October 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, will visit southwestern Serbia on 7 and 8 October...
OSCE hate crime report finds continued pattern of violent attacks on minorities
Publishing date: 6 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW, 6 October 2008- Members of visibly identifiable groups who stand out because of their religion, ethnicity or other perceived characteristics remain the target of often brutal physical attacks, says a report on hate crimes in the OSCE region...
OSCE Mission to Skopje helps share municipal best practices with visiting Serbian delegation
Publishing date: 6 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 6 October 2008- A delegation of Serbia's municipal interethnic council arrived in Skopje today to learn about best practices on inter community relations within municipalities...