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OSCE Centre supports development of strategy for inter-ethnic conflict prevention in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 28 May 2010- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports prevention of inter-ethnic conflict in Kyrgyzstan by organizing two roundtable meetings on inter-ethnic relations, the first of which will be held tomorrow in Osh...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned about four deported Uzbek asylum-seekers
Publishing date: 14 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Human rights, National minority issues, Rule of law
LONDON, 14 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said today he was deeply concerned about the fate of four asylum seekers, who were returned to Uzbekistan Friday by authorities in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities calls for increased attention to inter-ethnic relations in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 April 2005
Content type: Press release
What we do: National minority issues
BISHKEK/THE HAGUE, 19 April 2005- Visiting Kyrgyzstan on 18 and 19 April 2005, Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, called on the current leadership of the country to take steps to strengthen social integration...
Joint Kyrgyz-OSCE workplan will help stabilize the country, Chairman-in-Office says in Bishkek
Publishing date: 18 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Elections, National minority issues
BISHKEK, 18 April 2005- The new political leadership in Kyrgyzstan today discussed with the visiting OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, a joint OSCE-Kyrgyz workplan to help the country maintain stability...
OSCE High Commissioner urges implementation of education reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 July 2004
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 22 July 2004- President Askar Akaev of Kyrgyzstan has welcomed a new report on minorities and education in the country, saying that it would "open up a new phase in the ethnic policy of Kyrgyzstan." A Working Group on Integration through...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 April 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
BISHKEK, 22 April 2003- On an official visit to Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE's High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, said that in multi-ethnic societies politics should be oriented towards integration rather than towards assimilation or...
New OSCE Academy in Kyrgyzstan inaugurated
Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
BISHKEK, 18 December 2002- A new study and research institute on regional security issues, the OSCE Academy, was inaugurated in Kyrgyzstan yesterday. "This Academy is a unique institution of a new type that will facilitate the development of...