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OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement
Publishing date: 24 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MOSCOW/PARIS/WASHINGTON, 24 May 2010- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassador Igor Popov of Russia, Bernard Fassier of France, and Robert Bradtke of the United States, released the following statement today:
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office comment on the 'parliamentary election' in Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 24 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
ASTANA, 24 May 2010- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakh Secretary of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev, in response to a question from a news agency, said the following today on the 'parliamentary election' in Nagorno-Karabakh:
OSCE Chairperson calls for restart of official 5+2 talks on Transdniestrian conflict
Publishing date: 24 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ASTANA, 24 May 2010- A "5+2" meeting on the Transdniestrian settlement process was held in Astana today at the invitation of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Kazakhstan's Secretary of State and Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek holds workshop on policing in multi-ethnic communities
Publishing date: 24 May 2010
BISHKEK, 24 May 2010- Policing in multi-ethnic societies is the focus of an OSCE-supported train-the-trainers workshop for Kyrgyzstan police officers which started in Bishkek today...
OSCE assists in strengthening role of Azerbaijan's Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) to prevent torture
Publishing date: 24 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights
BAKU, 24 May 2010- A series of events to strengthen the role of Azerbaijan's Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) in the prevention of torture and ill treatment began today with a conference organized by the OSCE Office in Baku...
Witnesses in war crimes trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina still facing threats and intimidation, finds OSCE report
Publishing date: 24 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 24 May 2010- Urgent steps need to be taken to protect witnesses in war crimes trials from harassment and violence, found a report by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) released in Sarajevo today...
OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting discusses enhancing policing activities, calls for better co-ordination
Publishing date: 21 May 2010
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 21 May 2010- Policing experts from the OSCE region discussed enhancing police-related activities and co-operating with international organizations to address transnational threats at the Annual Police Experts Meeting which ends in Vienna today...