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OSCE MenEngage Network launched in Vienna
Publishing date: 28 January 2013
The first meeting of the OSCE MenEngage Network took place in Vienna on 28 January 2013. The Network was set up by the OSCE Gender Section to bring together men in senior positions in the OSCE who will engage in promoting gender equality...
OSCE Secretary General visits Uzbekistan, calls for increased co-operation
Publishing date: 23 January 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, during his visit to Uzbekistan from 21 to 23 January 2013, discussed with the country’s Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev and other senior officials ways to strengthen co-operation...
Reconciliation key to breaking ‘cycle of enmity’, OSCE Secretary General tells meeting participants
Publishing date: 18 December 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 18 December 2012 – Reconciliation is key to overcoming the lack of trust and animosity with the aim to facilitate progress towards a Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian Security community in the OSCE region, said participants at an OSCE workshop in Vienna today...
OSCE helps reduce flood risk in the Dniester river basin
Publishing date: 17 December 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
CHERNIVTSI, Ukraine, 17 December 2012- Two automated stations to monitor the water level in the Ukrainian part of the Dniester River basin opened in Western Ukraine today with support from the OSCE...
OSCE meeting in Istanbul ends with call for effective human rights education for law enforcement officials
Publishing date: 11 December 2012
Content type: News
What we do: Human rights, Policing
Police agencies should do more to provide systemic and effective human rights education for its personnel, said participants at a meeting held in Istanbul by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU) of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, with the support of the Turkish National Police, on 10 and 11 December 2012...
Ministers agree Helsinki +40 road map for OSCE, declare support for Transdniestrian settlement process as Dublin Ministerial Council ends
Publishing date: 7 December 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
DUBLIN, 7 December 2012 – A strategic road map for the OSCE’s future direction and a statement of support for the newly invigorated talks on the Transdniestrian settlement process were among decisions taken by foreign ministers and high-level representatives from the 57 OSCE participating States at the 19th Ministerial Council, which concluded in Dublin today...
OSCE Chairperson, at Dublin Ministerial Council, announces agreement on future road map for OSCE
Publishing date: 6 December 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
DUBLIN, 6 December 2012- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, announced on the first day of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Dublin that agreement had been reached by the foreign ministers of the 57 participating States on a future road map for the Organization...