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Projects of OSCE-backed Green Bridge Partnership Programme discussed in Astana
Publishing date: 23 February 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
Greening the economy and sustainable development in Kazakhstan were the focus of a two-day roundtable meeting that was held in Astana on 22 and 23 February 2012...
Protecting Internet freedom, human rights and fighting transnational threats should be top priorities, say participants of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly meeting
Publishing date: 23 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 23 February 2012- Addressing security challenges in the OSCE region is the focus of the eleventh Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which started today in Vienna, bringing together an estimated 250 parliamentarians from more than 50 OSCE participating States...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan holds training course on access to information
Publishing date: 23 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Media freedom and development
TASHKENT, 23 February 2012 – A three-day course organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan for the information services of state ministries and agencies started in Tashkent today. The course aims to promote access to information and improve interaction between the information services and the media in Uzbekistan...
OSCE Personal Representative urges participating States to take hate crimes against Muslims seriously
Publishing date: 22 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
ASTANA, 22 February 2012- In view of the Oslo massacre last summer and the spate of neo-Nazi serial killings in Germany, the OSCE Chairperson’s Personal Representative on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims Ambassador Adil Akhmetov expressed concerns over the feeling of insecurity among Muslim communities across the OSCE region...
OSCE and UNECE launch a handbook of best practices at border crossings
Publishing date: 22 February 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the Transport Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) presented in Vienna on 22 February, 2012 a jointly produced handbook on border crossing policies...
OSCE report calls for more adequate and effective criminal sanctions for domestic violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 22 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 22 February 2012 – Criminal sanctions for domestic violence should reflect the gravity of the offence, to ensure their effectiveness as part of a comprehensive approach to prevent and combat domestic violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina, concludes a report presented by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina today...
OSCE and Tajikistan outline priorities for co-operation in 2013
Publishing date: 22 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe