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OSCE's mechanisms to prevent conflicts must be used more effectively, says Lithuanian Foreign Minister

Publishing date: 22 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 22 October 2009- The 2008 conflict in Georgia was a signal to OSCE participating States that they need to make better use of the tools the Organization has developed to prevent conflicts, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vyagaudas Usackas...

OSCE Office in Minsk promotes best policies for renewable energy

Publishing date: 22 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Education
MINSK, 22 October 2009- A workshop on policies and tariffs for alternative renewable energy in Eastern Europe, organized by the OSCE Office in Minsk and the Belarus Department for Energy Efficiency in co-operation with the International Sakharov...

OSCE/ODIHR experts to remain in Afghanistan for second round of elections

Publishing date: 21 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 21 October 2009- An expert group deployed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to support election stakeholders in the presidential elections in Afghanistan will remain in the country for the second round...

Head of OSCE human rights office dismayed about appeals hearing of Kazakh human rights defender

Publishing date: 21 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
WARSAW, 21 October 2009- The director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Ambassador Janez Lenarcic, today expressed dismay about the conduct of the appeals hearing for Kazakh human rights defender Yevgeny Zhovtis...

OSCE roundtable meeting on freedom of association in Central Asia opens in Bishkek

Publishing date: 21 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 21 October 2009. Government officials, parliamentarians and civil society representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gathered in Bishkek today to discuss ways to enhance freedom of association...

OSCE expert workshop promotes voluntary co-operation between public actors, media in the fight against terrorism

Publishing date: 19 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 19 October 2009- More than 100 experts, government and international organization officials and journalists gathered at an OSCE expert workshop that began today to discuss ways to enhance co-operation between public actors and the media...

OSCE Special Representative, ODIHR Director stress importance of EU role in combating human trafficking

Publishing date: 19 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA/WARSAW, 19 October 2009- OSCE Special Representative Eva Biaudet and ODIHR Director Ambassador Janez Lenarcic released a joint statement today underscoring the importance of the role of the European Union in combating human trafficking...