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OSCE and Council of Europe leaders discussed joint efforts to fight terrorism and human trafficking, promote minority rights and support democratic transition processes in the Southern Mediterranean
Publishing date: 21 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
NEW YORK, United States, 21 September 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met the Council of Europe’s Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers, Ukraine’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, and Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland in New York today.
ODIHR Director: OSCE’s early crisis response must include human rights
Publishing date: 21 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The OSCE’s early response to emerging conflicts must include a human rights track next to conventional political efforts if human rights violations are at the root of a crisis, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, said at a meeting on enhancing the Organization’s early response capacities in Vienna on 20 September 2011...
OSCE Chairperson condemns Ankara bomb attack, offers condolences
Publishing date: 21 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Aÿubalis, has condemned Tuesday’s bomb attack in Ankara that killed three people and injured 34 others...
OSCE trains government press service representatives in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 21 September 2011
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASHGABAT, 21 September 2011 – Some 20 spokespersons and press service representatives from Turkmenistan’s ministries and state institutions will share experiences and acquire new skills during an OSCE-organized training seminar that opened in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Chairperson condemns assassination of former Afghan President Rabbani
Publishing date: 20 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
NEW YORK, 20 September 2011 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today condemned the suicide bomb attack in Kabul that killed Afghanistan’s former President and Head of the High Peace Council Burhanuddin Rabbani, and extended his condolences to the families of all those killed, and to the Afghan people...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes co-operation with Turkmenistan on her first visit
Publishing date: 20 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
ASHGABAT, 20 September 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today during her first visit to Turkmenistan offered the country’s authorities her assistance to liberalize media legislation and called for greater access to the Internet...
Judges, prosecutors, defence lawyers in Bosnia and Herzegovina discuss co-operation under OSCE/ODIHR war crimes project
Publishing date: 20 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
A training seminar for judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers handling war crimes cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina took place in Sarajevo on 16-17 September...