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OSCE Kosovo Mission encourages legal recognition of all ethnic communities, says Ambassador
Publishing date: 25 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
FERIZAJ/UROSEVAC, 25 June 2007- Ambassador Werner Wnendt, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, called today for a stronger commitment by Kosovo's Provisional Institutional of Self-Government (PISG) central and municipal authorities...
OSCE representative calls Swiss initiative to ban minarets unfortunate
Publishing date: 21 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
ANKARA, 21 June 2007- Ambassador Omur Orhun, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims, expressed today deep concern about a petition that aims to force Switzerland...
OSCE Mission to Skopje workshop promotes co-operation between civil society and local authorities
Publishing date: 18 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 18 June 2007- Co-operation between non-governmental organizations and local authorities in Skopje was the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop held today...
OSCE Mission helps integration of people with special needs
Publishing date: 15 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
PRISTINA, 15 June 2007- Forty-two members of the Association of Disabled People of Kosovo today received certificates after completing six months of OSCE-supported vocation training for people with special needs...
Education, data collection and monitoring key tools in OSCE countries' fight against discrimination
Publishing date: 8 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BUCHAREST, 8 June 2007- Legislation, law enforcement, research and monitoring as well as education and a constructive public discourse are important tools all OSCE countries should use to combat discrimination...
OSCE States must do more to promote tolerance, Chairman tells high-level meeting
Publishing date: 7 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
BUCHAREST, 7 June 2007- Intolerance and discrimination could threaten global security, and the OSCE's participating States need to strengthen efforts to avert this threat, the OSCE's Chairman-in-Office Miguel Angel Moratinos said today.
OSCE Centre helps devise and implement gender policies in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 5 June 2007- Raising awareness of gender equality issues among civil servants and providing them with gender analysis tools for their everyday work are the aims of a five-day OSCE-supported training course which started in Khujand...