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OSCE Centre organizes workshop to encourage public participation in environmental decision-making
Publishing date: 2 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
URALSK, 2 July 2009-A workshop organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana that concluded today in Uralsk in western Kazakhstan aimed to develop co-operation and foster trust in the field of environmental decision-making among regional authorities...
OSCE promotes co-operation at railway border crossings in Central Asia
Publishing date: 2 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
ASHGABAT, 2 July 2009- The role of international legal instruments in promoting passenger and freight conveyance by rail, harmonizing railway documentation and applying international best practices to enhance the transit of goods in Central Asia...
OSCE rights office, Lithuanian education ministry launch anti-Semitism teaching tools for Lithuanian schools
Publishing date: 2 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
VILNIUS, 2 July 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Lithuania's Ministry of Education and Science today launched a Lithuanian-language version of teaching materials on combating anti-Semitism...
OSCE Chairperson urges Azerbaijan to build on positive momentum towards peaceful settlement, reform
Publishing date: 2 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BAKU, 2 July 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, urged Azerbaijan today to build on the progress that has been achieved in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process and in deepening democratic reforms...
OSCE Chairmanship sees further progress in Geneva discussions
Publishing date: 1 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
GENEVA, 1 July 2009- The Greek OSCE Chairmanship said it welcomed the progress made at the sixth round of Geneva Discussions that ended today.
OSCE Mission to Skopje organizes roundtable meeting on role of National Anti-Trafficking Rapporteur institution
Publishing date: 1 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 1 July 2009- Representatives from the state's anti-trafficking institutions and civil sector will discuss the role of the National Rapporteur institution during an OSCE-supported roundtable meeting that started today.
OSCE organizes meeting to promote Central Asian law enforcement co-operation in combating organized crime
Publishing date: 1 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
ASTANA, 1 July 2009- An OSCE-supported meeting in Astana brought seven Deputy Interior Ministers and more than 50 high-level officials from the criminal justice sector together today...