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Anti-corruption in education and sport focus of OSCE-supported debate in Skopje
Publishing date: 12 October 2012
SKOPJE, 12 October 2012 – Supporting anti-corruption efforts and contributing to an effective fight against corruption in education and sport is the aim of an OSCE-supported debate which started in Skopje today...
OSCE Centre facilitates dialogue on religious legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 October 2012
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 12 October 2012 – Practical aspects and the impact of the implementation of the law on religious activity and religious associations adopted a year ago were the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable meeting held in Almaty today...
Need for political commitment highlighted at latest round of Geneva International Discussions
Publishing date: 11 October 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 11 October 2012 – Pádraig Murphy, the OSCE Chairmanship’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus, emphasized the need to maintain stability and the political commitment to resolve issues at the 21st meeting of the Geneva International Discussions today...
OSCE Special Representative, at Alliance conference in Vienna, says discrimination cause of trafficking
Publishing date: 11 October 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 11 October 2012 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, at an OSCE-hosted conference, outlined today how discrimination serves as an underlying cause of human trafficking and called for new strategies to fight...
Head of OSCE Presence welcomes election of Central Election Commission in Albania
Publishing date: 11 October 2012
TIRANA, 11 October 2012-- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, welcomed today’s election by the Albanian Assembly of the Central Election Commission...
OSCE Office promotes community policing in Armenian schools
Publishing date: 11 October 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 11 October 2012 – Four days of activities organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian police as part of its ‘Safe School’ initiative concluded today in Yerevan...
OSCE’s Habsburg Douglas completes pre-election visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 11 October 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
KYIV, 11 October 2012 – Walburga Habsburg Douglas (MP, Sweden), the Special Co-ordinator appointed to lead the OSCE election observation mission to Ukraine, today concluded a three-day pre-election visit to the country aimed at assessing the climate ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for 28 October...