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OSCE Centre supports high-level meeting on Kyrgyzstan’s public administration reform
Publishing date: 30 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization
BISHKEK, 30 May 2011 – Parliament Speaker Akhmatbek Keldibekov, parliamentarians, high-level government officials, political party leaders, representatives of civil society and international organizations met today in Bishkek to discuss priorities for public administration reform during a meeting supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Chairperson commends amnesty in Armenia
Publishing date: 27 May 2011
VILNIUS, 27 May 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, commended the decision by the authorities of Armenia to release through an amnesty the remaining imprisoned participants of March 2008 demonstrations following the Presidential Election...
OSCE Mission to Moldova welcomes registration of Muslim community, calls for religious tolerance
Publishing date: 27 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
CHISINAU, 27 May 2011- Today the OSCE Mission to Moldova welcomed recent registration of the first Muslim organization in Moldova but also expressed concerns about recent manifestations of intolerance and urged Moldova to maintain its commitment to religious tolerance...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 27 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 27 May 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 27 May. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States:
OSCE media representative concerned by violence against journalists in Georgia
Publishing date: 27 May 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 27 May 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called upon the Georgian authorities to ensure that journalists can safely perform their professional duties at all times...
OSCE supports discussion on how climate change affects food security in Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 27 May 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
Experts and policy makers from Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine gathered on May 26, 2011 in Kyiv to discuss how food security in the region could be affected by climate change and what measures their governments should start implementing...
Implementation of European Court of Human Rights Armenia judgments focus of OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 27 May 2011