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Acting Kyrgyz President Bakiev to address OSCE Permanent Council on Monday with OSCE Chairman
Publishing date: 25 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Rule of law
VIENNA, 25 May 2005- Kyrgyzstan's Acting President Kurmanbek Bakiev will address a special session of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on Monday, 30 May, with the OSCE Chairman, Slovenia's Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel. Issues including the...
OSCE Chair's personal representative discusses Kyrgyz presidential elections with political leader Kulov
Publishing date: 17 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 17 May 2005- Alojz Peterle, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's Personal Representative for Central Asia, met prominent Kyrgyz political leader Felix Kulov today, to discuss issues affecting the presidential elections, scheduled for 10 July. The...
OSCE Field Office promotes information access in south Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 2 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development
BATKEN, KYRGYZSTAN, 2 May 2005- In order to develop information access in remote areas of Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Field Office in the southern city of Osh has supported the establishment of a media centre in Batken province, which will open on 3 May...
OSCE Centre helps fight money laundering and terrorism financing in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 28 April 2005- Establishing a financial intelligence unit and developing a national strategy to fight money laundering and terrorism financing are the focus of a meeting in Bishkek on 28 and 29 April...
Chairman's envoy welcomes readiness to hold political dialogue in Kyrgyzstan under OSCE auspices
Publishing date: 26 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 26 April 2005- The Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in Central Asia welcomed the readiness of Kyrgyz officials' to see the dialogue between political forces in the country held under the auspices of the OSCE...
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...