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OSCE holds emergency consultations on Kyrgyzstan, sends special envoy

Publishing date: 12 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ASTANA, 12 June 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, today held telephone consultations with the Head of Kyrgyzstan's Provisional Government Roza Otunabyeva...

OSCE states celebrate progress since adoption of landmark 1990 Copenhagen document, but say some promises remain unfulfilled

Publishing date: 11 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
COPENHAGEN, 11 June 2010- In a conference that concluded today, representatives of the OSCE's participating States acknowledged the immense progress that has been made in advancing human rights and democracy in the region since the adoption...

Rights of female inmates in focus of OSCE Centre training course

Publishing date: 11 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Education, Gender equality
ASHGABAT, 11 June 2010- Prison officials and Interior Ministry representatives took part in a three-day OSCE course on international legal standards for the treatment of prisoners, with a focus on the rights of female inmates, which concluded....

OSCE Chairperson regrets violence in southern Kyrgyzstan, calls for calm and stability

Publishing date: 11 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing, Rule of law
ASTANA, 11 June 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev, today expressed his deep regret at the violent clashes in Kyrgyzstan's southern city of Osh...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator trains Ukrainian local police on combating human trafficking

Publishing date: 11 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
POLTAVA, Ukraine, 11 June 2010- The final in a series of eight training sessions for local police chief inspectors on combating human trafficking concluded in Poltava today...

OSCE Centre promotes civil society role in environmental decision-making in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 11 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Environmental activities
ALMATY, 12 June 2010- Sixty representatives from non-governmental organizations in Kazakhstan are taking part in the annual meeting of the Ecological Forum of Non-governmental organizations of Kazakhstan (EcoForum), which started today in Almaty...

OSCE Centre supports efforts to include sustainable development in Kyrgyzstan's secondary school curriculum

Publishing date: 11 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
BALYKCHY, Kyrgyzstan, 11 June 2010- The first of five regional seminars financed by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to support the inclusion of environmental sustainability in Kyrgyzstan's secondary school curriculum started today in Balykchy...