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OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports Kyrgyz police reforms to prevent torture
Publishing date: 4 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Policing
BISHKEK, 4 December 2008- Doing more to prevent the use of torture in law enforcement structures and raising awareness of human rights was the aim of a conference at the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry today...
European security, Georgia top agenda of Helsinki Ministerial Council, says OSCE Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 3 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
HELSINKI, 3 December 2008- Some 50 foreign ministers will be at the OSCE Ministerial Council, underscoring the importance of talks on European security and protracted conflicts taking place here, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Alexander Stubb said today...
Women's Resource Centre opens in Armenia's Syunik province
Publishing date: 2 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
MEGHRI, Armenia, 2 December 2008- The Meghri Women's Resource Centre, supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan, opened today in Meghri, in the remote Syunik region of Armenia...
OSCE media freedom representative receives Chydenius medal
Publishing date: 2 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
HELSINKI, 2 December 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, received the Chydenius medal in Helsinki today for his work to promote access to governmental information...
OSCE Centre encourages student engagement to increase quality of higher education in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 2 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 2 December 2008- Raising the quality of higher education by engaging and empowering the student community is the aim of a conference in Bishkek today, supported by the OSCE Centre...
OSCE Mission donates legal literature to Georgian Constitutional Court
Publishing date: 2 December 2008
TBILISI, 2 December 2008- The OSCE Mission to Georgia donated legal literature to the Constitutional Court of Georgia today as a part of an effort to update the court's library with contemporary publications...
OSCE Magazine previews Helsinki ministerial meeting, 2009 Greek Chairmanship, spotlights human trafficking
Publishing date: 1 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 1 December 2008- President Tarja Halonen of Finland leads the line-up of contributors to the latest OSCE Magazine, now available ahead of the Organization's annual meeting in Helsinki on 4 and 5 December...