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OSCE promotes role of women in conflict prevention, crisis management and peace-building at Sarajevo conference
Publishing date: 28 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
SARAJEVO, 28 October 2011 – The need to engage women in all phases of conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation was highlighted at the closing of a two-day conference held in Sarajevo...
OSCE donates minivans to Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 28 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
BISHKEK, 28 October 2011 – Today the OSCE Centre in Bishkek presented to the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry Internal Troops two minivans to strengthen the operational security at Kambar-Ata 2 hydro-power station in the southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE welcomes opening of multilingual university department in south Serbia
Publishing date: 28 October 2011
Content type: Press release
What we do: National minority issues
BUJANOVAC, Serbia, 28 October 2011 – The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Dimitrios Kypreos, today attended the opening of the first multilingual and multi-ethnic university department in Bujanovac...
OSCE/ODIHR and partners promote debate on political party financing in Moldova
Publishing date: 28 October 2011
Content type: News
What we do: Democratization
Representatives of political parties, government bodies and non-governmental organizations discussed ways to meet OSCE commitments to pluralism in the financing of political parties at a two-day conference co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems on 27 and 28 October 2011 in Chisinau...
More political leadership and media engagement needed to confront anti-Muslim rhetoric, say OSCE meeting participants
Publishing date: 28 October 2011
Content type: Press release
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 28 October, 2011 – OSCE participating States’ governments and other key actors must challenge intolerant public discourse against Muslims, while preserving freedom of expression, concluded participants at an OSCE high-level meeting...
OSCE improves teaching skills of Afghan customs officers
Publishing date: 27 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 27 October 2011- An educational course for Afghan customs officers held in the ‘training-of-trainers’ format concluded in Bishkek today...
Authorities and media must respect role of journalists, says OSCE media freedom representative in Skopje
Publishing date: 27 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
SKOPJE, 27 October 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, concluded today her first official visit to Skopje where she discussed the country’s media freedom situation with journalists and government officials...