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Ukrainian Foreign Minister outlines country’s agenda for 2013 OSCE Chairmanship
Publishing date: 20 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 20 June 2012 – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, outlining in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today the main tasks on Ukraine’s agenda for its 2013 Chairmanship, stressed the country’s commitment to strengthening the OSCE...
OSCE conducts workshop in Kazakhstan on national human rights institutions and gender equality
Publishing date: 20 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Gender equality
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 20 June 2012 – The OSCE Centre in Astana together with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR) held an expert workshop on national human rights institutions and gender equality today in Almaty...
OSCE Special Representative recognized by United States for work to end modern-day slavery
Publishing date: 20 June 2012
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Maria Grazia Giammarinaro received a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Hero Award on 19 June 2012 from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to honour her significant contributions in the struggle to end modern-day slavery...
OSCE presents assessment of radicalization trends in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 20 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 20 June 2012- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan presented today to representatives of embassies and international organizations in Dushanbe the results of the report “Islamist Radicalization in Tajikistan: An Assessment of Current Trends”...
OSCE Mission to Skopje launches safety project in secondary schools
Publishing date: 19 June 2012
SKOPJE, 19 June 2012 – Secondary schools from nine municipalities from across the country will benefit from an OSCE-supported project on school safety launched in Skopje today...
OSCE Secretary General, in Jordan, calls for strengthened dialogue, discusses practical co-operation
Publishing date: 19 June 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier during his official visit to Jordan from 17 to 19 June 2012 met with high-level officials to discuss existing and potential projects and areas of co-operation between Jordan and the OSCE...
Joint statement by the Presidents of the United States, the Russian Federation and France on Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 19 June 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LOS CABOS, Mexico, 19 June 2012- The President of the United States Barack Obama, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, and the President of France François Hollande made the following statement on 18 June on Nagorno-Karabakh at the Los Cabos Summit of the Twenty...