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Human rights monitoring and reporting training in Armenia reaches its second year
Publishing date: 8 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
YEREVAN, 8 April 2002- A first training session for human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and governmental institutions has been launched in Armenia. This is the second year that this ODIHR project on human rights monitoring...
Environmental information centre opens in Armenia
Publishing date: 21 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
YEREVAN, 21 March 2002- A memorandum of understanding on the establishment of a Public Environmental Information Centre in Armenia, the Armenian Arhus Centre, was signed by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection...
Armenian Foreign Minister praises OSCE's conflict prevention activities
Publishing date: 21 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
VIENNA, 21 March 2002- Speaking before the 55-nation OSCE Permanent Council, the Armenian Foreign Minister, Vartan Oskanian, today expressed his Government's appreciation for the work the OSCE has done in his country...
Seminar focuses on gender issues in Armenian politics
Publishing date: 12 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
YEREVAN, 12 February 2002- Gender issues in Armenian politics was the subject of a two-day seminar held in Yerevan on 11 and 12 February...
Final protocol adopted at Freedom of Information workshop in Armenia
Publishing date: 28 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
YEREVAN, 28 January 2002- The need for Freedom of Information legislation in Armenia was the main focus of discussion during a workshop co-organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan on 24 and 25 January. The workshop reviewed the situation...
Joint study on trafficking in human beings published in Armenia
Publishing date: 14 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
YEREVAN, 14 November 2001-- The OSCE Office in Yerevan today presented to the public findings of the first research study on the trafficking in human beings in Armenia...
OSCE official launches research publication on corruption in Armenia
Publishing date: 28 September 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Democratization
YEREVAN, 28 September 2001 (OSCE)-- A new book on corruption as a complex phenomenon in society has been launched by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Armenia. The author of the publication is Stepan Tsaghikian...