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OSCE launches project to strengthen women’s political participation in Armenia
Publishing date: 25 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Elections, Gender equality
YEREVAN, 25 July 2012- The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, announced today a series of activities to increase opportunities for women’s participation in political life ahead local self-government and presidential elections in 2012 and 2013 in Armenia...
OSCE Centre helps Kyrgyzstan implement UN Resolution 1325
Publishing date: 25 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality
BISHKEK, 25 July 2012- A two-day OSCE training seminar for members of the Inter-Agency Working Group established by Kyrgyzstan to develop a national action plan on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security ended today in Bishkek...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan trains police on information analysis
Publishing date: 25 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Policing
TASHKENT, 25 July 2012 – A three-day training course on information analysis for police instructors organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan started in Tashkent today...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Georgia ahead of elections
Publishing date: 25 July 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: National minority issues
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek visited Georgia from 15 to 19 July 2012 to get an update on the situation ahead of parliamentary elections expected in October...
Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova meets with Moldovan Metropolitan Vladimir
Publishing date: 24 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 24 July 2012- The Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, met with his Holiness Metropolitan Vladimir, the head of the Moldovan Orthodox Church, in Chisinau today. This was the first time that the OSCE Mission to Moldova has officially met with the head of the Moldovan Orthodox Church...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned by new Internet restrictions in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 24 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 24 July 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over the blocking of news.tj, the website of Tajikistan’s Asia-Plus main independent news agency, and called for lifting the ban on this and other Internet resources in the country...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo calls for improvements in civil registration of vulnerable communities
Publishing date: 24 July 2012