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OSCE Chairman's Personal Representative for Georgia advocates reopening dialogue between Georgia and South Ossetia
Publishing date: 13 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LJUBLJANA, 13 October 2005- "The Georgian and South Ossetian sides must take a step towards reopening the dialogue in order to calm down existing tensions and proceed with demilitarization", said Mircea Geoana, the Personal Representative for Georgia...
OSCE workshop strives for better co-operation towards mine-free region in South Caucasus
Publishing date: 7 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
TBILISI, 7 October 2005- Improving mine action by establishing and enhancing dialogue and co-operation was the aim of a two-day regional workshop for the South Caucasus which ended yesterday in Tbilisi...
OSCE Mission helps test impartiality of election administration in Georgia
Publishing date: 22 September 2005
TBILISI, 23 September 2005- The Mission to Georgia is helping the Central Election Commission (CEC) to test the skills and knowledge of local election officials by financing a new testing system.
OSCE Chairman-in-Office condemns shelling of civilian area in South Ossetia
Publishing date: 21 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LJUBLJANA, 21 September 2005- The Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, has condemned those who launched an artillery attack last night in a populated area of Tskhinvali, in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian...
OSCE-chaired meeting sets goals for rehabilitation projects in the Zone of the Georgian-Ossetian Conflict
Publishing date: 15 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TBILISI, 15 September 2005- Setting targets ahead of winter for several infrastructure projects, was the focus of an OSCE-chaired meeting today, on the EC-funded 2.5 million Euro rehabilitation programme for the Zone of Conflict.
OSCE Mission holds human rights training for Georgian law enforcement officials
Publishing date: 12 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Policing
TBILISI, 12 September 2005- Twenty law enforcement officials in Samtskhe-Javakheti started a three-day OSCE course today on international standards for human rights protection, including the rights of ethnic minorities. Organized by the Mission...
OSCE Mission assists Georgia in police reform
Publishing date: 2 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Policing
TBILISI, 2 September 2005- A team of OSCE police experts today met officials of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs to discuss short-term measures for the ongoing police reform in the country...