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OSCE Chairman congratulates Al Gore, UN climate panel on winning Nobel Peace Prize
Publishing date: 13 October 2007
MADRID, 13 October 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, congratulated former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change today on winning the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize...
OSCE Mission to Skopje raises awareness on environmental issues among schoolchildren
Publishing date: 24 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Environmental activities
SKOPJE, 24 September 2007- Raising environmental awareness among schoolchildren of different ethnic backgrounds is the aim of an OSCE-supported project launched today in Skopje...
OSCE Centre supports regional water management co-operation
Publishing date: 20 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Environmental activities
ISSYK-KUL, Kazakhstan, 20 September 2007- Intensifying water management co-operation between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan so that water resources shared by the two countries can be used effectively is the purpose of a three-day meeting that starts today...
OSCE holds conference on maritime and inland waterways co-operation
Publishing date: 11 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
HELSINKI, 11 September 2007- An international OSCE conference on the role of maritime and inland waterways co-operation in enhancing security and protecting the environment ended in Helsinki today...
OSCE helps Armenia eliminate toxic fuel
Publishing date: 6 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 6 September 2007- Nearly 900 tons of highly explosive missile fuel have been neutralized and turned into fertilizer with the support of the OSCE, it was announced at a ceremony marking the completion of the project today...
Some 1000 teachers to be trained under OSCE environmental education project in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 8 August 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
BAKU, 8 August 2007- Implementing an environmental education programme for secondary school teachers and raising their awareness on local and global sustainable development issues is the aim of a project launched by the OSCE Office in Baku this week...
OSCE Centre helps organize ecology summer camp in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 25 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Environmental activities
ASHGABAD, 25 July 2007- Environmental protection and education were the focus of a summer camp and a summer school that ended in the city of Khazar on the Caspian Sea today. More than 60 school children...