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OSCE anti-terrorism head addresses UN General Assembly, calls for an active UN role in co-ordinating regional co-operation
Publishing date: 8 September 2010
UNITED NATIONS, 8 September 2010- OSCE Head on Anti-terrorism Issues Raphael Perl emphasized the pivotal role regional organizations play in helping states implement the UN Counter-Terrorism Strategy at the UN General Assembly's 117th plenary meeting...
OSCE Secretary General, on visit to Georgia, emphasizes need to promote dialogue
Publishing date: 8 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 8 September 2010- OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut today issued the following statement on his visit to Georgia and meetings with officials there:
OSCE/ODIHR Director encouraged by further improvement in co-operation with Russia
Publishing date: 8 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
MOSCOW, 8 September 2010- Following talks today with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other senior officials and parliamentarians, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, said...
OSCE Summit offers chance to renew key confidence- and security-building commitments, says Irish Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 8 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
VIENNA, 8 September 2010- The forthcoming OSCE Summit in Astana in December offers a unique opportunity to renew key security and confidence-building commitments, including the landmark Vienna Document, said Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin today...
Hungarian media legislation severely contradicts international standards of media freedom, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 7 September 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, 7 September 2010- Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, announced today that she has presented the Hungarian Government with an expert legal analysis of recently adopted laws and draft legislation...
OSCE/ODIHR opens limited observation mission for Latvia's parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 7 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
RIGA, 7 September 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened a limited observation mission to monitor the 2 October parliamentary elections in Latvia...
OSCE/ODIHR deploys mission to observe parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 7 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections