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OSCE Chairperson announces agreement on summit, calls Kyrgyzstan crisis a 'vitality test' for Organization
Publishing date: 17 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 17 July 2010- OSCE Foreign Ministers meeting in Almaty today reached consensus on holding a summit in Astana this year and reinforcing OSCE assistance to Kyrgyzstan, said the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev.
OSCE Informal Ministerial Meeting in Almaty focuses on Corfu Process progress, Kyrgyzstan, an OSCE summit
Publishing date: 17 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 17 July 2010- Security problems in the OSCE area, including Kyrgyzstan, dealing with current challenges through the Corfu Process and a decision on an OSCE summit are on the agenda of the informal meeting of foreign ministers that started in Almaty today...
OSCE and Kyrgyzstan agree on principles for OSCE Police Advisory Group
Publishing date: 16 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing
ASTANA, 16 July 2010- The OSCE and Kyrgyzstan have agreed on principles and modalities for an OSCE Police Advisory Group that is to be sent to Kyrgyzstan pending a decision on deployment, an OSCE official said today...
Joint Statement by the Heads of Delegation of the Minsk Group Co-Chair countries
Publishing date: 16 July 2010
ALMATY, 17 July 2010- The Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, released the following...
OSCE organizes meeting on improving conditions for political parties and NGOs in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 15 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
TASHKENT, 15 July 2010- Improving conditions for political parties and non-governmental organizations in Uzbekistan was the focus of a meeting organized today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
OSCE Special Representative for Combating Human Trafficking calls for enhanced victim protection mechanisms at U.S. Helsinki Commission
Publishing date: 14 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
WASHINGTON, 14 July 2010- More committed implementation of victim protection mechanisms will strengthen the fight against the trafficking in human beings, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings...
OSCE foreign ministers to discuss European security, support for Kyrgyzstan at Almaty informal meeting
Publishing date: 14 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship